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A perfect sphere humans invented just to chase, throw, and inexplicably build civilizations around.
means A round object used in games and sports, or more broadly anything spherical, including a formal dance where people gather to move in turning circles.
from Two different 'balls' braided together over time. The round-object 'ball' comes from Old English and Old Norse roots (compare Old Norse 'bǫllr'), tracing back to a Proto-Germanic word for something rounded or swollen. The dance 'ball' arrived separately through French 'bal,' from the verb 'baller' meaning to dance, which goes back to Late Latin 'ballare' — itself possibly borrowed from Greek 'ballizein,' to dance or jump about. So the spinning dancers and the bouncing sphere are not relatives; they just happen to share a spelling, like distant strangers with the same surname.
- oldest toy
- Egyptian balls date back over 4,500 years.
- perfect shape
- Spheres enclose the most volume per surface area.
- bowling weight
- Regulation balls max out at sixteen pounds.
- baseball guts
- Cores are cork wrapped in nearly a mile of yarn.
- lightning kind
- Ball lightning remains scientifically unexplained and rare.
fifa world cup ball — official match ball used in world cup tournaments since 1970, design changes every tournament
wimbledon tennis ball — yellow pressurized balls required by all-england club since 1986
super bowl lviii ball — spalding official nfl game ball used in championship games
baseball world series ball — rawlings official mlb ball used in october championship since 1903