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World conker champion found with steel chestnut, cleared of cheating

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424 points notamy | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 03:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
1. m0d0nne11 ◴[16 Oct 24 12:48 UTC] No.41858464[source]▶
Wait, what?! The guy who preps the competition pieces miraculously wins the competition? I assume this entire scenario is just one very wry, very subtle bit of Brit humour, yes?