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Old 09-18-07, 02:36 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Marcantilan
Well, is widely known Tennis started in the First World War, when a german soldier threw a grenade at a british one.

Then the british threw it back...then the german...

Voleyball originated the same way, only with taller soldiers involved.
Hence the German games of "Brennball" and "Völkerball".
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