Because they have all been hit by a fooking pendulum when they were babies and crawling.
Leaves a lasting impression, in golden bollocks case you can still see the dent in the side of his noggin.

This is one of mine.

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That alloy block contains two angular contact bearing and an Oldham coupling all in one neat package and a swap of the mounting plate means it will fit many different applications.