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2. Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end.

3. Pole sitting - Wikipedia

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   Pole sitting is predated by the ancient ascetic discipline of stylitism, or column-sitting. St. Simeon Stylites the Elder (c. 388 –459) of Antioch (now Turkey) was a column-sitter who sat on a small platform on a column for 36 years. [1] 14-year-old William Ruppert breaking the pole sitting record of 23 days, in 1929

4. Holiday in the Park - Wikipedia

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   The park had a Christmas event before from 1994 to 1997 as Lone Star Christmas. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom: 2007 November to January Six Flags Great Escape Lodge: 2012 November to January The park's resort/indoor waterpark hosts "Holiday in the Lodge." The theme park is closed during this time. Six Flags México: 2012 November to January

5. Santa's workshop - Wikipedia

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   In Christmas folklore and legends, Santa's Workshop is the workshop where Santa Claus and his elves live and make the toys and presents given out at Christmas. The exact location of Santa's workshop varies depending upon local culture, however, it is generally said to be somewhere around or on the North Pole. There are at least eight claimed ...

6. See You at the Pole - Wikipedia

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   See You at the Pole (SYATP) is an annual gathering of thousands of Christian students at school flag poles, churches, and the Internet for the purposes of worship and prayer. The event officially began on September 12, 1990 in Burleson, Texas , United States , when a group of teenagers gathered to pray for several schools.

7. Pole vault - Wikipedia

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   The tip of the vaulting pole is angled higher than eye level until three paces from takeoff, when the pole tip descends efficiently, amplifying run speed as the pole is planted into the vault box. The faster the vaulter can run and the more efficient their take-off is, the greater the kinetic energy that can be achieved and used during the vault.