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    Fast Facts: Aug. 31

    How do you know when you’re playing with an Italian deck of cards? No queens.

    The ancient Greeks played cards. In those days aces were known as “”dogs.””

    There are 635,013,559,559 possible hands in a game of bridge.

    Longest recorded Monopoly game: 1,680 hours, the equivalent of 70 days of uninterrupted play.

    What do you call the spots on dice and dominoes? The pips.

    In a standard deck of cards, the king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

     

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