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Women's curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Learn the basics of curling

Russ Howard of Canada's national team at the 1993 World Curling Championship

Curling players sweeping vigorously as a teammate's stone nears the house.

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10 Unusual Sports

Men's Giant Slalom Italy's Alberto Tomba on the way to retaining his gold medal at Val d'Isere France 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics

The Origin of the Winter Olympics

Tug-of-war at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 2005.

7 Canceled or Reintroduced Olympic Sports

Silhouette of hand holding sport torch behind the rings of an Olympic flag, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; February 3, 2015.

7 Significant Political Events at the Olympic Games

Pack of cyclists racing in the evening light of the Glenelg leg of the Tour Down Under 2008, Adelaide, South Australia. 20th January 2008. Cyclist in light blue is with team Milram.

Olympics: Cycling

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Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

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Major Mass Extinctions

Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

Dancers at a Cinco de Mayo festival at the Mission District, San Francisco, California. (Photo dated 2019.) holidays

Is Cinco de Mayo Mexico's Independence Day?

Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

Uninvited Guests: The 7 Worst Parasitic Worms

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Windsor explores modified schedule, possible new privately run home for curling • June 10, 2025, 8:55 AM ET (CBC)

'Disheartening': Curler reacts to Windsor possibly sweeping sport aside next season • June 3, 2025, 3:34 AM ET (CBC)

Curling legacy on thin ice as wait continues for purpose-built arena • May 23, 2025, 9:49 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))

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Women's curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Russ Howard of Canada's national team at the 1993 World Curling Championship

Curling players sweeping vigorously as a teammate's stone nears the house.

Learn the basics of curling

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Tug-of-war at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 2005.

7 Canceled or Reintroduced Olympic Sports

Car with a pickle design in the Zagreb Red Bull Soapbox Race, Zagreb, Croatia, September 14, 2019. (games, races, sports)

10 Unusual Sports