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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not! Playing Cards Part 5

Playing Cards Once Helped Rescue Prisoners of War During World War II, an unlikely partnership was formed between American and British intelligence agencies and the United States Playing Card Company. Looking for deceptive ways to rescue allied prisoners of war from German camps, they turned to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not! Playing Cards Part 5

Special Treatment for the Ace of Spades Have you ever noticed that the Ace of Spades always seem to have a slightly different design than the rest of the playing cards? There is actually some historical significance behind this. Around the turn of the 18th century, the ruling classes in France and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 22, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not! Playing Cards Part 4

More on the mathematics: Additionally, you can add further evidence to the calendar connection (see above) by spelling out the names of the 13 different types of cards (Jokers excluded). Try it yourself and you’ll get exactly 52 (just like the number of weeks in a year). Take a full deck of cards... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not! Playing Cards Part 3

Mathematical Secrets This calendar connection is just one of the many amazing mathematical properties hidden within a deck of cards. For example, there are more possible ways to shuffle a deck of cards than there are atoms that make up Earth. The math behind this is actually pretty easy to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not! Playing Cards Part 2

The Playing Card Calendar One of the most interesting facts about playing cards is undoubtedly its uncanny connections to a calendar year. While some scholars believe this is pure coincidence, others think that the standard deck of cards was intentionally crafted to symbolize a year of our lives. 2... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 19, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not! Facts On Playing Cards Part One.

More Than 1,000 Years of History Playing cards have a long history that is believed to have originated in China during the era of the Tang Dynasty in the 9th century. At that time, there were only 32 cards in a deck, a number that corresponded with the maximum combinations of a pair of dice.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not!

2022 Argentina managed to snatch victory away from France at the last second in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final. Nevada became the first US state with a female-majority legislature, with new appointments taking it to 51%. 1966 Astronomer Richard Walker discovered Saturn’s moon, Epimetheus. 1958... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not!

Wright Brothers Day: Celebrates the first powered, heavier-than-air flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright at Kitty Hawk in 1903, a moment that changed transportation forever. Douglas DC-3: The iconic airliner made its first flight on this day in 1935. Nuclear Fission: Otto Hahn discovered the nuclear... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not!

You can yo-yo in space. In 2012, NASA astronaut Don Pettit took a yo-yo on board the International Space Station and demonstrated several tricks. It works because a yo-yo mainly relies on the laws of conservation of angular momentum to perform tricks, which, provided you keep the string taut, apply... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Sam's Believe It Or Not!

1791 The US Bill of Rights was ratified when Virginia gave its approval, which became amendments 1-10 of the constitution. 1836 The US Patents Office was nearly completely burned down. All 9,957 patents and 7,000 patent models were lost in the blaze. It was initially suspected to have been an act of... Sign in to see full entry.

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