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I never knew that “Kings being King David (Spades), Alexander the Great (Clubs), Charlemagne (Hearts), and Julius Caesar (Diamonds), representing the four empir
by rawgabbit 2y ago
I never knew that “Kings being King David (Spades), Alexander the Great (Clubs), Charlemagne (Hearts), and Julius Caesar (Diamonds), representing the four empires of Jews, Greeks, Franks, and Romans. Notable characters ascribed to the Queens include the Greek goddess Pallas Athena (Spades), Judith (Hearts), Jacob's wife Rachel (Diamonds), and Argine (Clubs). The Knaves were commonly designated as La Hire (Hearts), Charlemagne’s knight Ogier (Spades), Hector the hero of Troy (Diamonds), and King Arthur's knight Lancelot (Clubs).”
- yMEyUyNE1 2y agoThere is also an entertaining TED talk by Marco Tempest explaining cards https://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_a_cyber_magic_card_trick_like_no_other https://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_a_cyber_magic_card_t...