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When juggling was a respected athletic discipline

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Throwing objects in a circle used to demand intense athletic respect. Ancient cultures treated object manipulation as a highly competitive physical discipline before it was tragically relegated entirely to birthday parties and terrifying painted men in oversized pants.

When juggling was a respected athletic discipline
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