This thread is all about things or objects we are familiar with and use everyday although ignorant or blind to their design, meaning and origin and even purpose.
I'm sure there are numerous items in our lives that we do not know how they got there and why and for what purpose.
Take a deck of cards for example. It is amazing to know how they were designed.
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Original meaning of a deck of playing cards:
52 cards for 52 weeks in the year.
2 colors for day and night
4 suits for the 4 seasons and 13 weeks per season.
12 court cards representing the 12 months.
If we add each of the cards (ace + ace + ace + ace + two + two + three + seven + eight etc.) of the game we will get 364.
Jokers were used in leap year.
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Is your mind blown yet?
Please add to this thread with new ideas as they come to mind. Whatever they may be....
Have a blessed day and year(s) to come
APAK
I'm sure there are numerous items in our lives that we do not know how they got there and why and for what purpose.
Take a deck of cards for example. It is amazing to know how they were designed.
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Original meaning of a deck of playing cards:
52 cards for 52 weeks in the year.
2 colors for day and night
4 suits for the 4 seasons and 13 weeks per season.
12 court cards representing the 12 months.
If we add each of the cards (ace + ace + ace + ace + two + two + three + seven + eight etc.) of the game we will get 364.
Jokers were used in leap year.
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Is your mind blown yet?
Please add to this thread with new ideas as they come to mind. Whatever they may be....
Have a blessed day and year(s) to come
APAK