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In response to "Are you punking us? Badminton is an actual Olympic sport? -- nm" by JaxSean

Played in buildings with specialized venting systems using shuttlecocks made of 16 goose feathers. Feathers taken only from left wings for tournament

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Jul 26 '21, 10:14

level shuttlecocks.

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I thought this was a joke, but it's true. Also, I didn't know geese were killed in the making of shuttlecocks. Can't they make an alternative? -- nm - jnine Jul 26, 10:44 6
- They don't kill the geese to get the feathers. They take them from them while they're alive though it's quite painful. - Krusty Jul 26, 11:02
- I've no idea. I'm still trying to figure out why only the left wing. I was just watching and the color commentary: Up to 200 MPH on a smash, made of - JD Jul 26, 10:49 4
  - Directional vectors of the feathers left wing arch left, right wing arch right, I need right wing feathers for my hats -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 10:55 2
    - What is this about hats? -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:58 1
      - Right wing have natural curve to fit on the left ear side if a hat, women usually get the left wing feathers -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 11:32
  - in Mary Carillo's rant - bery linked it below, it is so the flight will be even all the way through -- nm - crash davis Jul 26, 10:52
How sinister. -- nm - Baron of the Rings Jul 26, 10:22 1
- one of the best factoids -- nm - rollo Jul 26, 10:24
Shuttlecocks made from right wings keep arguing the score -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 26, 10:21 2
- heh -- nm - JaxSean Jul 26, 10:25
- 👏 -- nm - JD Jul 26, 10:23

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