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Ah, America: the land of the free and the home of the brave... and a bunch of other weird stuff. We<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/498pyp/nonamericans_who_have_been_to_the_us_what_is_the/" target="_blank"> searched the internet</a> to find out what things non-Americans were most confused by during their stay in our fine country. As it turns out, we do some pretty weird things. Our everyday lives are filled with things that shock, impress, and downright confuse our fellow man. It has become pretty clear that &quot;America&quot; is not synonymous with &quot;reason&quot;.

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Some of the greatest bands in rock history are from the United States. While the merits of their musical prowess can be fairly disputed between fans, these famous rock bands bring a certain American flair and bravado that other bands from different countries don&#39;t have. Almost all of the American bands on this list should be household names among rock fans and there should be few, if any surprises on this list.

A range of&nbsp;American cities are represented here. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/los-angeles-bands-and-musical-artists-from-here/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Bands from Los Angeles</a> are the most populous here with <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-classic-rock-bands?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">classic rock bands</a> like The Doors and Van Halen, as well as Guns N&#39; Roses, The Beach Boys, Rage Against the Machine, and The Eagles. Due to the popularity of grunge in the early &#39;90s, Seattle is well represented. Famous bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains are included on this list. There are metal bands (Metallica), hard rockers (Aerosmith, Alice Cooper), psych bands (Grateful Dead, Phish), punk outfits (The Ramones, Green Day) and even funk bands (Sly and the Family Stone, Prince) that are on this list. If a band is from America and awesome, it should be here.

Vote for the top American rock bands that you think are the best to come from the 50 states. Pick the band who you consider to be <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-americans-ever/jacariah?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the greatest American</a> rock band of all time. There are plenty of great choices to choose from so you can&#39;t really go wrong.

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The most influential politicians in American history, ranked by everyone. Anyone can vote on this list, making these rankings a good way to discover how these politicians rank in the public eye. We are defining influence here as - for better or worse - how the actions of this politician shaped American history - so your rankings and votes should not be based on whether or not you like a particular politician or agreed with their policies and actions. Also note that this list of influential politicians is not limited to Presidents and can include other influential office-holders. The most influential political figures in US history can be from local or national politics. You can add any missing pols by making your own version of this list. Love them or hate them, politicians shaped this great country... these are the ones who had the most influence.

So who are the most influential politicians in American history? Who are the greatest politicians in American history? That&#39;s up to you to decide, so make your vote count! Then see <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/important-politicians-2019/ranker-news" target="_blank">what politicians are affecting global and US politics in 2019</a>.

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You’ve probably heard the phrase “As American as apple pie.” Despite sounding so, well, American, its origins can be traced back to England. That’s because so much of American culture is appropriated from dozens of different cultures due to our cultural melting pot. So when it comes to American food, many American food staples have a history in other countries. Yet these tasty foods have become quintessential American dishes. Still, there are many foods (like corn dogs!) that originated in the USA.Some of the foods on this list came from other countries and eventually evolved into what we know today, such as the cheeseburger. Other foods on this list are designed to seem like they’re from other countries but were actually created in America, like fortune cookies. Many of the foods on this list are tied to American traditions, like s’mores with camping and hot dogs with cookouts. Often, traditional American foods are tied to a certain state or region, like&nbsp;the Philly cheesesteak or Chicago deep dish pizza.&nbsp;What are the best American foods? This list features the tastiest foods that are considered American and are deeply tied to US&nbsp;traditions. If your favorite American dish or US food specialty isn't on this list of American foods, make sure to add it to show your pride for food and country.

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Like a lot of American monuments in this post-National Treasure world, the Statue of Liberty gets a lot of attention as a possible Freemason &ldquo;code&rdquo; full of crazy symbols and hidden meanings. The truth is not that exciting. But it&rsquo;s still exciting! Statue of Liberty symbols are a real thing, but they&rsquo;re mostly of the art class variety. The Statue of Liberty torch, for example, is meant to symbolize &ldquo;Liberty Enlightening the World&rdquo; (the statue&rsquo;s actual name, by the way). The Statue of Liberty tablet has a little &ldquo;goof&rdquo; in it for typography geeks.

So there might not be any Statue of Liberty codes to speak of, but the history of its construction and the thoughtfulness of its design are&nbsp;pretty fascinating to think about. For example, did you know that Freemasons built the thing? Read on for a Statue of Liberty history lesson and a comprehensive list of all of the symbols &ldquo;hidden&rdquo; on Lady Liberty.

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The most patriotic movies ever made on the list below will make you proud to be an American. Films celebrating the country&#39;s proud heritage and history have long been a favorite theme in Hollywood, and a few have <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/every-oscar-winning-film-ever/drake-bird">won Academy Awards</a> or been considered some of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/every-oscar-winning-film-ever/drake-bird">the best films of all time</a>. Movies have a way of transporting audiences back in time and can even educate them about U.S. history, from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-american-revolution-movies/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank">movies about the Revolutionary War</a>, to <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-u-s-presidents-from-best-to-worst">Abraham Lincoln&#39;s presidency</a>,&nbsp;to the Watergate scandal. Some films that revolve around patriotism have also been controversial and caused great debate among viewers. This power of cinema to stir up conversation is why Americans love going to the movies.

National holidays like the Fourth of July or Memorial Day have drawn people in to head to the movie theater with family and friends, especially during a long weekend. It might not be as American as <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-most-delicious-pies/bojanthebest">apple pie</a> or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-baseball-players-of-all-time">baseball</a>, but patriotic movies have their own way of commemorating the spirit of all things red, white, and blue. Pop in an epic historical drama on your DVD player or head over to the local theater to watch an action-packed saga and you&#39;ll notice they make you feel&nbsp;something (the good ones, at least). Vote for the top patriotic movies of all time that made you feel proud to be an American. It is also an open list, so if you don&#39;t see a film celebrating the good ol&#39; U.S.A. then make your voice heard and add your favorites.

American clothing goes far beyond the colors red, white, and blue. The best American clothing brands value quality manufacturing and fashionable designs, intended for people of all ages and styles.&nbsp;Some good American-made apparel is intended for the modern man,&nbsp;while other notable American clothing lines are best suited for women on the go. Many of the best American clothing brands are popular all over the world.What companies will you find on this list of the best American clothing brands? Apparel doesn't get more American than a pair of blue jeans, and Levi Strauss is one of the top manufacturers of this wardrobe staple. Levi's was founded in San Francisco in 1853 and its headquarters are still located in the Golden Gate City today. J. Crew is another good company that makes American clothing.When it comes to keeping warm in the winter weather, American-based company The North Face can't be beat. Other great companies featured on this top American clothing brands list include Rocawear, American Eagle, and Brooks Brothers.Which American clothing brand is the best? Vote your favorite companies up to the top of this list by giving them a thumbs up, and add any notable lines that are missing.

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Who are <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-americans-ever/jacariah?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the greatest American</a> authors of all time? In just two short centuries, the great U.S. of A. has produced an incredible number of writers that have influenced literature and art the world over. This list includes great American novelists, poets, the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-playwrights-ever/ranker-books" target="_blank">best playwrights</a>, and writers in the all genres of fiction and nonfiction alike. What American writers did you read in school and actually like? While most kids in this country are assigned works by top novelists like Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, many don't truly love to read until their teen years, when they first find less traditional writers like J.D. Salinger or Kurt Vonnegut. Others are swept away by authors as varied as Stephen King, Harper Lee, or good ol' Dr. Seuss.Who are the greatest American authors? This list include writers in all mediums, both living and deceased. Maybe your all-time favorites include poets like Emily Dickinson or Robert Frost. If your tastes are more for the pictures, you may consider Mel Brooks, Quentin Tarantino, or even Wes Anderson among the top American screenwriters. Other authors on this list have created some of the most beloved and widely read series in history, including Louisa May Alcott and George R. R. Martin.The greatest American writers are some of the tops in their fields, producing some of the best novels, essays, films, short stories, stage plays, and poems of all time. While many have stood the test of time and are firmly represented in the literary canon, it remains to be seen whether more contemporary&nbsp;American authors of the 21st Century will be remembered in decades to come. Vote up your the absolute best, and please add any famous American authors that are missing.

Illuminati

The Illuminati are said to have infiltrated every aspect of American civilian life, from the White House to your local police department. Defense, intelligence, research, and civil agencies are all under the sway of the All Seeing Eye, using their power to advance the aims of the Dark Cabal in control of the U.S. government. In the United States, Illuminati influence is stronger than ever. Do you wonder if there's <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/illuminati-presidents/mike-rothschild?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Illuminati in the White house</a>, the Pentagon, or other United States institutions? Have you asked if the president is Illuminati? You're not alone.&nbsp;Here are 16 American institutions that have (allegedly) been infiltrated by the Illuminati. Some operate in the shadows, others are on your nightly news every night. All are to be viewed with extreme suspicion, for they have important roles to play when the great population purge ushers in the New World Order. It's time to find out the true power of the Illuminati in America.&nbsp;

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If you&rsquo;re going to live in America then there are a few things that you should know: Bruce Springsteen rules, baseball is America&#39;s pastime, and the American flag is one of the most important pieces of living history that we have. Every good American should display an American flag somewhere in&nbsp;or outside of their home, but if you don&rsquo;t follow the U.S. Flag Code when you hang old glory up for everyone to see, then you might as well move back to England and kiss the Queen. Every true American should know their American flag etiquette, but if you need to brush up on the dos and don&rsquo;ts of the stars and bars then keep reading and double check to make sure you&rsquo;re not embarrassing America by committing any of the following patriotic faux-pas. 

If you&rsquo;re shocked to discover there are a vast array of rules assigned to the American flag, then you need to go back to America school. Because if there&rsquo;s one thing every true American citizen should know it&rsquo;s the rules of how to fold&nbsp;and present an American flag, and what to do with your flag when it begins to fall to pieces from being saluted every hour of the day. The U.S. American Flag Code is serious business, and if you&rsquo;re a true patriot you should make sure you&rsquo;re following the code to the letter, and if you aren&rsquo;t then what did out founding fathers fight for?

The &quot;Meanwhile, in America&quot; meme takes the clich&eacute; phrasing from film, television, and literature &quot;meanwhile, in...&quot; and applies it to the United States, often pointing out examples of American excess, ignorance, or laziness. It&#39;s been turned into some of the most popular pictures and gifs all over the web, including sites like Reddit and Tumblr.

What are the funniest America memes? These are the best &quot;Meanwhile, in America&quot; memes and jokes. By the end, we bet you&#39;ll&nbsp;be chanting &quot;USA! USA!&quot; (Or not.)

Is there such a thing as &quot;the&quot; American experience? If so, where can a person see it? In novels? Films? Television? If it's the last of these, which television shows come the closest to portraying real life as it exists for Americans now?&nbsp;The television shows on this list, none of which qualify as &quot;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/tags/reality-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">reality TV</a>&quot; and all of which ran sometime within the last decade, depict contemporary American life, both comedically and dramatically. But how close do they come to representing the real thing? Do any of the following offer quintessential, lifelike windows into what day-to-day life in America looks in the present moment?Vote up the shows that do the best job of representing real American life as real Americans live it day to day.

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"Ghost Town" is a slang term for a town or city that has, for one reason or another, been abandoned by people. Typical reasons for cities to be evacuated and abandoned by humans include an economic collapse, armed conflicts and wars, changes in the transportation grid, natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes or - in some cases - specific acts of local governments. Sometimes, the term "ghost town" is also applied to places that are sparsely populated, or from where a once-large population scattered, but this list will largely focus on abandoned, empty ghost towns.American academics have attempted to get even more specific about the definition of "ghost town." Professor T. Lindsay Baker of Tarleton State University in Texas has issued two defining characteristics of ghost towns: (1) there is no more reason for this town to exist and (2) there are tangible remnants of the town for visitors to see.In America, the notion of a "ghost town" became popularized largely following the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/california_s-gold-rush-history-tour/alby-thompson">California Gold Rush</a>, when a variety of mining towns and camps sprung up across the Western and even parts of the Southern US that were later abandoned when the local resources were used up. Some of these ghost towns entered the popular culture, including Deadwood, South Dakota (which inspired the HBO TV series of the same name) and Cripple Creek, Colorado. Many of these ghost towns have been preserved and serve as state parks, while other former ghost towns have been slowly repopulated over time (such as Aspen, Colorado).

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Next time you're abroad, watch out for these American habits other countries think are rude. Us Yanks aren't the most popular kids in the global school at the best of times - you don't need to commit a social faux-pas to exacerbate the situation. Whether it's a gesture or word, rude things American tourists do can reinforce the host country's negative perception of Americans, even if you've got the best of intentions. So brush up on these habits or American phrases that are rude in other places and you'll have nothing to fear on your next holiday.

Captain America: The First Avenger

The most patriotic movies set out to inspire a healthy surge of pride in&nbsp;movie-goers across America - and they're essentially propaganda for the country and government. The top American propaganda movies feature brave men and women risking their lives for the good of the United States. This is a list of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-most-patriotic-movies-of-all-time/marc-cuenco?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best patriotic movies</a> including everything from Independence Day to White House Down to Top Gun.What films will you find on this list of the best patriotic American movies? Clint Eastwood directed&nbsp;American Sniper, which&nbsp;was based on the life of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Bradley Cooper was nominated for an Academy Award for the film. Argo is another acclaimed American movie that almost doubles as propaganda. And not all of these flicks are dramas - it doesn't get more patriotic than the action-packed Captain America films.Which film makes you want to chant, &quot;U.S.A., U.S.A.?&quot; Vote it up to the top of the list, and feel free to add any patriotic movies that are missing.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation

This list of the top companies for investors is a round-up of all the top American companies to invest in. These companies are on the radar for offering some of the best returns to shareholders and are a financial dream come true for investors. What are the best American companies to invest in? Anyone interested in investing in an company in the U.S. should take a look at these businesses. What are the best American companies to invest in?&nbsp;What are the best companies to invest in? Financial advisers&nbsp;assure investors that these are the best companies to invest their money in. Investors must consider a number of different factors when deciding which new companies to invest in. This list factors in all these aspects, and has been voted on by business experts just like you. These great corporations are ranked as the top companies to invest in in America and are some seriously good companies to invest in. You can bet that several <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-male-investment-bankers/reference">famous investment bankers</a> will agree.

Is the American accent hard to perfect? For most of the people on our <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-actors?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">list of actors</a> doing American accents, the answer is no. For others, though, it's near impossible.Hollywood is all about faking it, and that extends to actors faking American accents. Some of the actors doing American accents on our list (like Margot Robbie in The Wolf of Wall Street and Christian Bale as Batman) have even better accents than actual Americans. And then... some of them do not (sorry, Michael Caine in The Cider House Rules).&nbsp;For a lot of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-film-actors-and-actresses-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">actors and actresses</a>, their&nbsp;fake American accents are perfected with the help of dialect coaches. Yet for some, like Toni Collette, it's all about &quot;a misspent youth watching too much American television,&quot; as she told&nbsp;<a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2011-03-28-tonicollette28_ST_N.htm" target="_blank">USA Today</a>. Regardless of whether an actor nails the accent or not people, fans will always debate their performance, as was evidenced by the split reviews of Benedict Cumberbatch's Boston accent in Black Mass. We'll let you be the judge of that one.&nbsp;So take a look at our list of actors doing American accents and feel free to leave your own critique of whether they nailed it or not.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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In 2007 CNN and Travelandleisure.com asked 60,000 people to rank their favorite cities in the US for culture. These could easily be the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/lists/cities--and--towns">top ten cities and towns</a> in America. New York, once again, tops this list which is no surprise because everybody knows that the culture there is very vibrant. The people, neighborhoods and and cityscape is amazing there and very, very diverse.California is well represented on this list as well. The biggest state population-wise, the Golden State is home to several of the the largest and most cultural cities in the US. San Francisco is popular with tourists for multiple reasons. One of the most iconic monuments in the country, the Golden Gate Bridge, connects San Francisco with neighboring Marin County. The nearly two mile bridge is one of the recognizable landmarks not only in the city, but the entire country. Not as universally recognized as cultural hubs are Los Angeles and San Diego. The two southern California cities are known for its beautiful beaches, but also contain multiple museums, fine dining and plenty of activities, which qualifies them on this list.This your chance to pick the American city you think has the most culture. If a city isn't included on this list, feel free to add it. Help determine what US city has the most culture.&nbsp;

Every country has different traditions and ideals, but this week, user u/<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hikwm2/what_do_americans_think_is_normal_for_everyone/?sort=confidence" target="_blank">deleted </a>asked Reddit what the weirdest things Americans did that they thought were normal and the answers have been fascinating. Below is a roundup of the most bizarre things Americans do according to other countries. Be sure to vote up your favorites!

After the abrupt cancellation of Roseanne in May 2018, there was an uproar among fans of the show who felt that without it,&nbsp;there was a now supposed lack of television programming focused on &quot;real people.&quot; But the reality is that there are plenty of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/tv-shows-that-best-represent-american-life/rylee_en" target="_blank">shows that represent American life</a> – series&nbsp;about regular, blue-collar folks who struggle to make ends meet, who don't live in &quot;elite bubbles,&quot; who laugh and love and labor with an easy and accessible humanity.During its initial run (and some might argue, its reboot), Roseanne may have tapped into a sense of working-class unease, but shows like Roseanne&nbsp;are still on the air, waiting to be discovered. Plus, these shows have the added bonus of not being weighted down with Roseanne Barr's polarizing politics, the associated fallout, or the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/roseanne-behind-the-scenes/donn-saylor" target="_blank">behind-the-scenes drama of Roseanne</a>. And these shows all deserve a larger viewership, not because they're Roseanne knockoffs – each one of them is a singular creation – but simply because they're good TV.

USA! USA!

We&rsquo;ve collected the results from some of our most America-centric polls, and to celebrate the Fourth, we&rsquo;re only giving you the first four items on each list. Want to know what else is on the list? Click on the link in each of the headings below and check out the list yourself! This is America, after all &mdash; you&rsquo;ve got to pick yourself up by your bootstraps and put in some hard work if you want to see more than four of the best tourist attractions in the country.

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For the past century, sports have become an important part of American culture. Many of the most popular sports in the world have been American games. A fair number of Americans either participate or follow sports. Children play sports to meet other kids their own age and they teach important tactics, like teamwork, which helps people later on in life. Football, not to be confused with European football or soccer, is one of the most popular American sports.&nbsp;The Super Bowl is always the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-watched-events-in-television-history/brendan-kelly?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most watched sporting event</a> in the United States, drawing nearly 100 million people to their TVs to watch an event that&#39;s distinctly American.

Basketball is another popular American sport that has a worldwide reach. Becoming almost as globally relevant as soccer, basketball&nbsp;and the NBA in particular&nbsp;have turned the game from a semi-popular American sport into a game people across the globe love to play.

Vote for the game you think is the most popular American sport on this ultimate list. If you see a sport that isn&#39;t on the list and should be added, feel free to.

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Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. In Canada, the United States, and some European countries such as Latvia and Sweden, it is known as "hockey"; the name "ice hockey" is used in places where "hockey" more often refers to field hockey, such as South America, Asia, Africa, Australasia, and some European countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. Ice hockey teams usually consist of four lines of three forwards, three pairs of defencemen, and two goaltenders. Normally, each team has five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team. Teams normally have a goaltender as their sixth on-ice player, whose job is to prevent the puck from entering the goal.
A fast-paced physical sport, hockey is most popular in areas of North America and Europe. In North America, the National Hockey League is the highest level for men's hockey and the most popular. The Kontinental Hockey League is the highest league in Russia and much of eastern Europe.

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport and is a common fixture in most international games—it also has its own World Championships. Boxing is overseen by a referee over a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds.
The result is decided when an opponent is deemed incapable to continue by a referee, is disqualified for breaking a rule, or resigns by throwing in a towel. If a fight completes all of its allocated rounds, the victor is determined by judges' scorecards at the end of the contest. In the event that both fighters gain equal scores from the judges, professional bouts are considered a draw. In Olympic boxing, because a winner must be declared, judges award the contest to one fighter on technical criteria.
While humans have fought in hand-to-hand combat since the dawn of human history, the earliest evidence of fist-fighting sporting contests date back to the ancient Near East in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. The earliest evidence of boxing rules date back to Ancient Greece, where boxing was established as an Olympic game in 688 BC. Boxing evolved from 16th- and 18th-century prizefights, largely in Great Britain, to the forerunner of modern boxing in the mid-19th century with the 1867 introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules.

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts is a full-contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, from a variety of other combat sports and martial arts. Various mixed-style contests took place throughout Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim during the early 1900s. In 1980 CV Productions, Inc. created the first regulated MMA league in the United States named Tough Guy Contest, later renamed Battle of the Superfighters, sanctioning ten tournaments in Pennsylvania. However, in 1983 the Pennsylvania State Senate passed a bill prohibiting the sport. The combat sport of vale tudo that had developed in Brazil from the 1920s was brought to the United States by the Gracie family in 1993 with the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
The first documented use of the name mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg, in 1993. The term gained popularity when the website newfullcontact.com, then one of the largest covering the sport, hosted and reprinted the article. The question of who actually coined the name is still in debate.

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Snowboarding is a recreational activity that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet. The snowboard is attached using a special boot set into a mounted binding.
The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s by Gordon Kosteroski and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998. Its popularity peaked in 2007 and has been in a decline since.

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Lacrosse is a team sport played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick. It is always played as a rough contact sport. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. Offensively, the objective of the game is to score by shooting the ball into an opponent's goal, using the lacrosse stick to catch, cradle, and pass the ball to do so. Defensively, the objective is to keep the opposing team from scoring and to gain the ball through the use of stick checking and body contact or positioning. The sport has four major types: men's field lacrosse, women's lacrosse, box lacrosse and intercrosse. The sport consists of four positions: midfield, attack, defense, goalie.

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Human swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water or another liquid, usually for the purpose of recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans are able to hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as an evolutionary response.
Swimming is consistently found to be among the top recreational activities undertaken by the public, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of local, national, and international competitions, including every modern summer Olympics, which occurs every four years.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racquet sport that can be played individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each. Each player uses a racquet that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a good return. The opponent who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite opponent will.
Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racquet, including wheelchair users. The modern game of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis". It had close connections both to various field games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racquet sport of real tennis. During most of the 19th-century in fact, the term "tennis" referred to real tennis, not lawn tennis: for example, in Disraeli's novel Sybil, Lord Eugene De Vere announces that he will "go down to Hampton Court and play tennis."
The rules of tennis have changed little since the 1890s.

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Softball

Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. It was invented in 1887 in Chicago as an indoor game. It was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground, softbund ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' baseball. The name softball was given to the game in 1926. A tournament held in 1933 at the Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association of America governs the game in the United States and sponsors annual sectional and World Series championships. The World Baseball Softball Confederation regulates rules of play in more than 110 countries, including the United States and Canada; before the WBSC was formed in 2013, the International Softball Federation filled this role. Women's fast-pitch softball became a Summer Olympic sport in 1996, but it were dropped in 2005 from the 2012 games.
There are two types of softball. In the most common type, slow-pitch softball, the ball, sometimes larger than the standard 12 inches, must arch on its path to the batter, there are 10 players in a team, and bunting and stealing are prohibited.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fishing usually takes place in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping.
The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as molluscs, cephalopods, crustaceans, and echinoderms. The term is not normally applied to catching farmed fish, or to aquatic mammals, such as whales, where the term whaling is more appropriate.
According to FAO statistics, the total number of commercial fishermen and fish farmers is estimated to be 38 million. Fisheries and aquaculture provide direct and indirect employment to over 500 million people in developing countries. In 2005, the worldwide per capita consumption of fish captured from wild fisheries was 14.4 kilograms, with an additional 7.4 kilograms harvested from fish farms. In addition to providing food, modern fishing is also a recreational pastime.

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