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the oldest weapon was just an arm and the audacity to let go
means To send something through the air by a quick motion of the arm, or more broadly to fling, cast, or hurl in any direction.
from From Old English 'thrawan,' which meant to twist, turn, or curl — think of the spinning motion of a potter's wheel or a wrung cloth, not a baseball. It's related to Old High German 'drahsil' (a turner) and likely a cousin of Latin 'torquere,' to twist (the root behind 'torque' and 'torture'). The 'twist' sense lingered for centuries — you could once 'throw' silk by twisting threads together — and the modern meaning of casting an object came later, born from the wind-up rotation of the arm before the release.
- human edge
- No other animal throws fast or accurately
- speed
- Pitchers hurl baseballs over 100 mph
- ancient origin
- Throwing spears predate Homo sapiens by ages
- shoulder design
- Humans store energy like a slingshot mid-throw
- hidden cost
- That same motion wrecks more rotator cuffs than anything
shot put — olympic event where athletes throw a 16-pound metal ball, dating to ancient greece
javelin throw — track and field discipline with records like neeraj chopra's 88.17m in 2023
discus throw — ancient olympic sport still competed in, with yeltsin shkuratov holding men's world record at 74.69m
cornhole — american lawn game where players throw bean bags at boards with holes, played competitively in tournaments