Well Did You Know This??

[Smokin45]

 I didn't know this :    Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: 

Spades - King David 

Hearts - Charlemagne 

Clubs -Alexander, the Great 

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

              

[monkeylizard]

Sort of. In old (French or Spanish, I can't recall) decks, they commonly added names to the 4 kings. Those listed above were the most commonly used, but not the only ones. IIRC, it varied by deck manufacturer and they stopped doing it a few hundred years ago. There are also other names and symbols for the 4 suits that have fallen out of use for the ones we use today. Batons = Clubs, Swords = Spades, Coins = Diamonds, Cups = Hearts.

 

 

 

ETA: Holy crap, I have some useless knowledge.

Edited March 4, 2014 by monkeylizard

[Randy W]

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[runco]

Says who?

[Mark A]

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[gunwhatgun]

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I saved more than that in half the time.

[TerryW]

Who?

[No_0ne]

No but i did know 15 minutes could save you 15%........

 

 

Says who?

  Some little lizard guy, I think ...

[Grunt67]

Who?

 

 Love them owls.

[hipower]

Nope. Not a clue.

[Hkinator]

[quote name="TerryW" post="1120253" timestamp="1393982984"]Who?[/quote Is on first!

[TerryW]

You know, Megan from my office? You met her, like 3 times.

[Photoguy67]

But Who is on first