Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about
BOWLING
Bowling has been around for years and spans all continents and nations. Here are a few fun facts you may have never heard before. Here are 5 fun facts about 10-pin bowling.
Fact 1
On 1 January 1840, Knickerbocker Alleys in New York City opened, becoming the first indoor bowling alley. In 1846, the oldest surviving bowling lanes in the United States were built as part of Roseland Cottage, the summer estate of Henry Chandler Bowen (1831-1896) in Woodstock, Connecticut.
Fact 2
Nine-pins was the most popular form of bowling in much of the United States from colonial times until the 1830s, when several cities in the United States banned nine-pin bowling out of moral panic over the supposed destruction of the work ethic, gambling, and organized crime. Tenpin bowling is said to have been invented in order to meet the letter of these laws, even with evidence of outdoor bowling games in 1810 England being bowled with ten pins set in an equilateral triangle as is done today in tenpin bowling.
Fact 3
A bowling lane is 18,2 meters (around 60 feet) long from the foul line to the headpin. Bowling lanes can be made of wood, wood with overlays or synthetic material. All lanes require oil to be applied to a portion of the lane to protect the lane surface from the friction of the bowling ball.
Fact 4
Most of the bowling players in the world can be found in the USA. The United States Bowling Congress (USBC) currently has more than 2.5 million members.
Fact 5
Guinness World Records confirms that the largest bowling center in the world is Inazawa Grand Bowl in Japan, featuring 116 consecutive Brunswick Bowling wooden lanes on a single floor, which are being replaced and upgraded with Brunswick Pro Lane™ synthetic lanes in early 2010.
And as always have a chilled day from the Viking
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