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a tiny spear that turned drunk bar throws into a televised sport with millions watching
means a small, slender pointed missile thrown by hand or shot from a blowpipe, or any quick darting movement that resembles one
from From Old French 'dart' (a throwing-spear), which English borrowed in the medieval period. The French word traces back to a Germanic root, related to Old English 'daroth' meaning a spear or javelin — so the modern pub dart and the ancient battlefield javelin are distant kin, both built on the idea of a sharp thing flung at a target.
- bullseye distance
- thrown from exactly 7 feet 9.25 inches
- frog defense
- poison dart frogs coat tribal hunting tips
- highest score
- 180 is the perfect three-dart maximum
- pub origins
- born from soldiers throwing arrows at tree trunks
- feathered tail
- flights stabilize flight like an arrow's fletching
pdc world darts championship — annual competition since 1994, held at alexandra palace in london with £500,000 prize fund
michael van gerwen — dutch player with 3 pdc world titles and 49 career 180s, dominant since 2012