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The Olympics are a game of peace and unity. The games happen every four years.
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In ancient Greece they did the Olympics to honor Zeus 3,000 years ago.

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There was a truce of war so that people from other countries could come and compete.

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Only men were aloud to compete in the Olympics. Until the 1900s women got to complete.

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The winners were awarded with a wreath or crown of olive branches.

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After they brought back the Olympics the first games were in Athens Greece in 1896.

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Another important symbol are the five interlocking rings yellow, black, green, blue, and red on a white background. And one of the colors were on the country's flags at the time. Each one of the rings represents the inhabited continents witch include North and South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe.

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The Olympics were expanded in 1900 to include winter sports including figure skating and skiing.

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In the modern Olympics 1st wins a gold medal, 2nd wins a silver medal, and 3rd place wins a bronze medal but the gold medals are not actually made of gold the are made of silver covered with a thin layer of gold.

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Another important fact about the Olympics is the Olympic flame or torch, The lighting of the torch is a reminder of the great Greek myth when Prometheus stole fire from Zeus to give it to humans.

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