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I was Wikipediaing around a bit about billiards, (in honor of my freshly installed pool table in my basement, come over for a game) and found an interesting chain of facts.

1. The word carom comes from billiards, although it is used outside of the game, notably in describing wreckless driving.
2. Carom is a bit of a misspelling from the name of the red ball in non-pocket billiards, which is called the carambole.
3. The red ball is named the carambole after a red fruit called the carambola.
4. We are more familiar with a different subspecies of the carombola, the star fruit.

I'm fascinated. Also, I can't say Wikipedia anymore without singing it they way Weird Al does in White and Nerdy... I may have a problem.