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| | Facts | - France, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Greece, and Australia have always been in the modern Olympics since it began in 1896.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Canada is the only country not to win a gold medal in the Summer Olympic games while hosting the event.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The five Olympic rings represent the five continents linked together in friendship.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The 1960 Summer Olympics were the first Olympics to be aired on television by CBS.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The city of Denver was originally chosen to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, but had to withdraw because Colorado voters rejected to finance it.
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(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006) - The Olympics were originally held for the Greek god Zeus.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The 1912 Olympics was the last Olympics that gave out gold medals that were made entirely out of gold.
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(Added: Tue Sep 19 2006) - St. Louis, Missouri was the first U.S. city to host the summer Olympics in 1904.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The Olympic torch weighs about 3 pounds.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The Olympic Flame was introduced in 1928 in Amsterdam.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The first Olympic games only had one event - a foot race.
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