The ancient Olympics in Greece included wrestling as one of its most important sports starting in 708 BCE!
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The first hockey pucks weren’t really pucks at all — they were actually frozen cow poop, which players would find in fields during winter!
History & Origins
Basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, when he was looking for an indoor winter sport to keep his students active!
The oldest evidence of humans swimming comes from rock paintings in Egypt’s Cave of Swimmers, dating back over 10,000 years!
History & Origins
Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, as a less intense alternative to basketball!