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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World Rhinoceros Day
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National Mountain Climbing Day
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Heceta Head Light, Florence, Oregon
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Holi festival
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Digging the birds
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A march toward a dream
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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World Rainforest Day
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Sea Slug Day
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Paper lanterns on the longest night
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A little bit of Wonderland in New York City
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Let us introduce you…
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Once upon a time there was a bridge…
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
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Palouse farmland, Washington state
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Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park
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Overlooking the Douro
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Travel Sunday: Sintra, Portugal
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The Millennium at 20
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia
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It s leap day!
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
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National Trails Day
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Frozen beauty
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By the light of the fireflies
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Hello, spring!