stackyFACTSRolling a heavy wooden ball at pins was originally a deeply religious metaphor. German clerics set up wooden clubs representing pagan temptations and violently smashed them to prove their purity. Turns out, holy men just really enjoyed the destructive satisfaction of causing a loud, localized wooden collapse.
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