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The Olmecs played ball games with solid rubber balls over 3,000 years ago.
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The Olmecs played ball games with solid rubber balls over 3,000 years ago.
From the big bang to ball
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big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
rubber treedate unknown
rubberc. 1,600 BCE
balldate unknown