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Badminton is named after an English house

It was demonstrated at Badminton House in Gloucestershire in the 1860s British officers serving in India brought home a game called poona, and it was played at the Duke of Beaufort's estate in Gloucestershire. The first written rules were published in 1877 in Poona, India. The sport has kept the name even though the house is now known for horse trials. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: It was demonstrated at Badminton House in Gloucestershire in the 1860s. The figure is taken from Badminton World Federation, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.