What Day Is It?
It’s “National Card Playing Day!”
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, or cotton-paper blend marked with distinguishing motifs and used in a set for playing card games.
Playing cards may have been invented as early as the 9th century AD by the Tang dynasty.
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Not:
And yes…
Games involving alcoholic drinking and playing cards of a sort have been around since the Tang dynasty.
The earliest dated instance of a game involving cards with suits and numerals occurred on 17 July 1294 when Yan Sengzhu and Zheng Pig-Dog were caught playing cards [zhi pai] and that wood blocks for printing them were impounded.
How many one-eyed Jacks are there in a deck?
2. The Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts are both facing sideways.
Which is the only Queen in the deck that faces to the right?
Queen of Spades.
Which King has both hands showing?
King of Hearts. He has one on his sword, and one on his stomach.
The Playing Cards Act is a law in Thailand that prohibits individuals from owning more than 120 playing cards that have not been registered by the Excise Department.
Hope your Thursday is a Royal Flush!
Clarification…
A Royal Flush is the best hand in poker so I’m wishing you the best Thursday!
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