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| The Olympic Games | |||
| The Olympic Games begin in the year 776 B.C. In its inaugural year, the only event they had was the “stadion” race, a footrace 600 feet long. These games and more continued till 393 A.D. when the ancient games ceased to exist. After that, it took 1503 years to the Olympics to return. In 1896, the man responsible for the rebirth was a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin who wanted to revive the Olympic Games as a competition between nations to unite the world for at least a period of time. After presenting his idea, and with the approval of more then 34 counties, the modern Olympic games were hosted by Athens in 1896. Since then, the Olympic Games have been a sign of global unity for the world to gather together and compete against athletes who have trained all their lives for that moment. The same ideals are present but more exposed due to commercialism and the media coverage. The Olympic Games are meant to inspire unity among the nations and have been constant throughout the struggles of the world. Its symbol: Five interlaced rings in the center that are different colors, blue, yellow, black, green, and red, representing the five inhabited continents of the world at the time. | |||
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| | name = ''Pitangus'' | | name = ''Pitangus'' | ||
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| Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Pitangus |
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Philohydor | |
Pitangus, the kiskadees, are a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family (Tyrannidae). It contains the following species:
- Lesser Kiskadee, Pitangus lictor - sometimes separated in Philohydor
- Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
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