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Cool Facts! - Olympic Games
- Athletes were often naked in the Olympics held in Ancient Greece, as a tribute to the Gods.
- Winners often bite their medal during the awards ceremony, as a nod to early merchants who used to bite the gold to check its authenticity. The ones with lead used to leave teeth marks.
- Olympic Gold medals are actually just gold plated silver, and the last pure gold medals were awarded in 1904.
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Cool Facts! - No Olympics For 1500 Years
- Olympics were initially held in Olympia every four years from 776 BCE till 392 AD.
- The games were then abolished by Roman Emperor Theodosius.
- The Olympic games returned after 1500 years in Athens with the formation of the International Olympic Committee in 1896.
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Cool Facts! - The Olympic Ring And The Olympic Flame
- The Olympic Rings stand for the five continents, with colours that are found in all competing nations' flags.
- The names of the winners are engraved on the stadium walls.
- The ancient Olympic games only had Gold medals.
- The Olympic Flame is always lit and can withstand almost any calamity or weather condition.
- The Olympics was open for kids until 1997, and since then has an age barrier of 16 years.
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Cool Facts! - Paralympics
- Olympics for the disabled and differently-abled started in Rome in 1960, and since then has seen many athletes with no hands and no legs win medals.
- The same year Abebe Bikila won the Olympic marathon(26 miles) barefoot.
- True equality was showcased in the 2012 London Olympics when every sport had female competitors.
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