8-ball

A solid black billiard ball, the only one of this color in a standard 15-ball set composed of differently colored solid and striped balls.

This ball is so distinct that it has lent its name to an entire billiards game (eight-ball, where the object is to shoot into pockets balls of one type before doing the same on the 8-ball last) and has transcended outside the context of billiards into popular culture at large.

An oversized decision-making/fortune-telling device based on it is called the Magic 8-Ball.

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