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How did the idea of the teardrop of the Olympic bear shown at the closing ceremony of the 80 Olympics come about?

At the closing ceremony of the Olympics-80 in Moscow, one of the most spectacular elements was the image of the Olympic bear lined with colored shields, and especially its tear. Initially, it was not in the script, but at the rehearsal, an extra holding one of the shields mistakenly raised it not with the dark side, but with the light side. When the leader said to change sides, all the extras in the row began to follow the order. The rolling wave immediately reminded everyone of a tear, in this form it was included in the ceremony.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Eskimos are a type of North American Indians. They are similar to the Mongols, but no more than some other natives of North and South America. The Eskimos, like the Indians, came from Asia.

There is an opinion that the first Eskimos came to North America through the Bering Strait and Alaska 2000-3000 years ago. Then some of them moved along the eastern and southern coasts of Alaska and reached the place where modern Anchorage is located. Others settled in the Aleutian Islands, but most moved west along the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada.

The first known meeting between Eskimos and Europeans took place around 1000 AD, when Scandinavian travelers saw Eskimos in Labrador or Newfoundland. Later in Greenland, the Eskimos met with the Norwegians. During the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries, a large number of intermarriages between Europeans and Eskimos took place in Greenland. Today there many Eskimos look like Europeans.

It is important to understand that the Eskimos are different from each other in the same way as most Europeans. Some of them look like blond Scandinavians or Germans, others look like dark-haired Italians. Probably the reason the Eskimos live in the North is that they are hunters, and their country is one of the best in North America for hunting.

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