You know a game must be fun if it’s stuck around for eight centuries–and that’s how long folks have been playing lawn bowling (in some form or another). It was the invention of the lawn mower in 1830, allowing for smoothly cut bowling greens, that really popularized the sport. Our homepage features the balls called ‘woods,’ or ‘bowls,’ that competitors use during game play. The objective is to roll the grapefruit-sized balls toward a smaller ball called a ‘jack,’ and points are awarded to the players who come the closest. Fancy a game?
Let’s have a ball
Today in History
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Helloooooo, Innsbruck
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Celebrating Pie Day is as easy as, well…
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Brown-throated three-toed sloth in cecropia tree, Costa Rica
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To Roswell, and beyond!
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Paris is photo-ready this week
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Wanderin Wawayanda
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Bluebells in Hertfordshire, England
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Where fire meets water
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Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
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Arambol Beach, Goa, India
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In the path of the pronghorn
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World Wildlife Day
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A viewer with a view
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Penguin Awareness Day
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World Bicycle Day
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Let s crack the code
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Bohemian waxwings in Canada
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You re feeling sleepy
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The frog prince?
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Earth seen from the International Space Station
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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The island fox’s incredible comeback
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A species worth defending
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Tintern Abbey, Wales
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Birds of a feather
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Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece
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Arrone in Umbria, Italy
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No, it s not a leaf. Happy Look-alike Day
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A glimpse of the Blue Forest
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Pollinator Week