• Codex@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    My favorite stupid curling fact is that for competition they’ve had to put NASCAR-like limits on broom technology because some teams developed a “broom” that was essentially a microplane grater that could polish the ice to microscopic smoothness.

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            Now it’s in your and your search engines hands.

            But. Curling is a sport. There is a little puck and to make it go smoother/faster, the scrub in front of the little pluck with a broom.

            Curling is a sport that involves sliding stones on ice toward a target area. Learn about its origins in medieval Scotland, its global popularity, and its unique features such as sweeping, curling, and scoring.

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              1 day ago

              little puck

              Do we watch different Curling, or do you just have a different definition of “little”?

              stones

              Ah there we go…