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Pitching horseshoes requires exactly forty feet of distance

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Because lobbing heavy chunks of rusted iron at a tiny metal stake naturally requires incredibly strict measurements. The entirely arbitrary distance ensures that casual throwers will chronically underthrow the massive metallic U-shapes, typically resulting in highly dangerous chunks of metal aggressively skidding across the dirt toward unsuspecting ankles.

Pitching horseshoes requires exactly forty feet of distance
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