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Packaworld Brings Water Polo To The Australian Beaches

Water polo as we know it for the most part is restricted to pools. Those who wanted to get creative and play in open water in the past had better be pretty serious — setting up lane ropes and metal goals is not only expensive, but time-consuming as well. Now, inflatable technology created by Packaworld International is […]

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The Evolution of the Football

Everyone has some experience with the laced brown oblong-shaped ball that is used in America’s most popular sport. Whether it is tossing it around in the backyard, playing in your local Turkey Bowl, or watching the Super Bowl, the football has continuously brought people together in revelry and competition. While most sports use a symmetrical sphere to ensure no matter where the ball makes contact it will have the same type of bounce, the football is an awkward watermelon shape. Now, obviously the football itself is not meant to be struck but rather, spiraled through the air into an outstretched receiver’s hands. But what lead to this one of a kind, elongated, ellipse that we all recognize as a football?...

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