Interesting facts about playing cards

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Interesting Facts About Playing Cards
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• Playing cards have been a great mode of
  entertainment since ages and continues to hold a
  very popular spot even today.

• Available in a ton of versions today, playing
  cards are loved by people across globe.
• Sometimes played for easy fun games as
  casino/poker while also being a part of serious
  games as bridge and also used to charm people
  with card tricks cards are as versatile as it
  gets.

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Here we give you a fill of some interesting and
amazing facts related to playing cards which most
of us may not be aware of.

• Origin
• It is believed that the playing cards were
  first invented in China in 9th century AD, and
  comprised of only 30 cards.
• They were originally printed on materials such
  as wood, paper or even bones.
• Eventually, it gained popularity and spread to
  India (as 13 card rummy), Persia and European
  countries.

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• 2. Hidden Map
• Apparently, a peculiar kind of cards were
  created during the World War II.
• These cards could be peeled into two halves upon
  submerging in water, and each half was a part of
  a map.
• Putting all these pieces together would form a
  larger map.
• Usually, these were given to the prisoners of
  the wars in order for them to find their way home
  if they managed to escape.

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• 3. Suicide King
• Did you know one of the king cards in a deck of
  playing cards is known as the suicide king?
• If you take a look at each king card of all the
  four suits, you will find that the King of Hearts
  alone does not have a moustache among all the
  kings and sword piercing through his head.

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• 4. Countless Unique Combinations
• You would be amazed to know that a deck of 52
  cards can form about 8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
  ,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
  000,000,000,000,000,000 unique combinations!!
• Yes, thats right. Perhaps, you would also end
  with a unique permutation each time after
  shuffling the pack thoroughly.

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• 5. Why 53 Cards in a Deck?
• Although a clear answer to this is not yet
  known, the number of cards have transitioned from
  20 to 36, 40, 48 and then 52.
• However, the 52 set became more popular and
  spread easily across the world.

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