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The modern game of golf originated in Scotland during the Middle Ages, where shepherds would hit rocks with their staffs into rabbit holes!

History & Origins

Skateboarding was invented in California in the late 1940s by surfers who wanted to “surf” on land when the ocean waves were flat!

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Humans first used skis for transportation over 8,000 years ago in what is now Norway, with ancient rock carvings showing people on skis hunting animals!

History & Origins

The Paralympic Games started in 1948 when a doctor named Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition for World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England!

The first basketball game ever played used a soccer ball and two peach baskets with the bottoms still attached, so someone had to climb a ladder to get the ball after each score!

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