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What was the first puck used in an ice hockey game made of?

Well folks, here's a fun little nugget of trivia to drop at your next social gathering. The first puck used in ice hockey wasn't some high-tech, rubberized wonder-disc. No siree, it was a frozen cow dung. That's right, you heard it here first, the game we so dearly love started off with players slapping around a piece of bovine waste! Now that's what I call a 'dirty game', literally and figuratively!