THE GAME OF BILLIARDSHAS BEEN POPULAR FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, DATING BACK AS EARLYAS...
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Narrator: THE GAME OF BILLIARDS
HAS BEEN POPULAR FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, DATING BACK AS EARLY
AS THE 15th CENTURY. THEN PLAYERS USED A MACE
TO STRIKE THE BALL. WHEN THE MACE'S LARGE HEAD MADE IT TOUGH
TO SHOOT ALONG THE RAIL, PLAYERS STARTED USING
ITS SLIMMER TAIL END. THIS LED TO THE INVENTION
OF THE CUE STICK SO PLAYERS DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH
HAS BEEN POPULAR FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, DATING BACK AS EARLY
AS THE 15th CENTURY. THEN PLAYERS USED A MACE
TO STRIKE THE BALL. WHEN THE MACE'S LARGE HEAD MADE IT TOUGH
TO SHOOT ALONG THE RAIL, PLAYERS STARTED USING
ITS SLIMMER TAIL END. THIS LED TO THE INVENTION
OF THE CUE STICK SO PLAYERS DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH
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Narrator: THE GAME OF BILLIARDS
HAS BEEN POPULAR
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FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS,
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DATING BACK AS EARLY
AS THE 15th CENTURY.
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THEN PLAYERS USED A MACE
TO STRIKE THE BALL.
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WHEN THE MACE'S LARGE HEAD
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MADE IT TOUGH
TO SHOOT ALONG THE RAIL,
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PLAYERS STARTED USING
ITS SLIMMER TAIL END.
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THIS LED TO THE INVENTION
OF THE CUE STICK
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SO PLAYERS DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH.
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Movie Summary
Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.
