That was an American innovation. Early Dutch settlers of New York called the holiday hero Sint Herr Nikolaas, later shortened to Sinterklaas. The name morphed into Santa Claus over the 17th and ...

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And this year, the prize purse for The Great American Race is once again the richest it has ever been. As shared by Fox Sports, the total purse for the 2025 Daytona 500 is a whopping $30,331,250 ...

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