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Why dartboards put high numbers next to low ones

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Throwing sharp spikes at a wall requires deeply precise mathematical punishment. The completely chaotic standard circular layout was meticulously designed in 1896 by an English carpenter to aggressively penalize inaccurate throws by placing low numbers directly next to high ones.

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