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What are Tarot Cards?: Tarot cards are the oldest form of playing cards in Europe. They were made in Italy in the late 14th Century. The name comes from tarocchi...
[4/5/2011]
CATEGORY: Tell Me Why
TAGS: Tarot Cards, Tarot Symbols, Oldest Form of Playing Cards, Tarocchi, Trump Cards, Five Cards, Fortune Telling
The Last Poker Hand: For Parents/Guardians: A homicide sergeant stood in the hotel suite, gazing down at the body of Bugsy Ferret. “He was a card sharp:’ the sergeant told...
[2/15/2010] Gurgaon-Haryana , India
CATEGORY: Whodunit
TAGS: Homicide Sergeant, Bugsy Ferret, Friendly Poker Game, Playing Cards, Final Interview, Five Diamonds
Canadian teen honored for charity work: Mississauga's Sophia Gran-Ruaz knows how good it feels to help homeless children because she was once in their tough position...
[1/2/2010] Toronto , Canada
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Canadian Teen, Honored, Charity Work, Mississauga, Sophia Gran Ruaz, Help Homeless Children, Grade Twelve John Cabot Student, Top Teen Philanthropy Search, Snug As Bug, Kids Helping Kids, GTA Homeless Shelters
What do the Four Suits on Playing Cards stand for?: The idea of marking playing cards with diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades originated in France during the 1500s. The four suits depict...
[10/18/2009]
CATEGORY: Tell Me Why
TAGS: Playing Cards, Four Suits, Four Classes, Hearts, Clergy, Diamonds, Merchants, Tip of Pike, Spade Suit, Spades, Soldiers, Cloverleaf, Club Suit, Peasant Class
Hotel made from 200,000 plastic keys: If you’ve ever wondered what to do with unwanted hotel key cards, then think no more. Because, providing you've somehow...
[9/19/2009] New York , USA
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Hotel, Made From, 200000 Plastic Keys, Unwanted Hotel Key Cards, Holiday Inns Key Card Hotel, Card Stacker Bryan Berg, Empire State Building, Playing Cards, Kevin Kowalski, African American Museum at Dallas, Texas, Freestanding Playing Cards, Cinderellas Castle for Walt Disney World
Champs gearing for Memory Championships: Some of the world's finest memories are testing their recall abilities at the UK Open Memory Championships in London...
[8/15/2009] London , UK
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Champs, Gearing, Memory Championships, World Champion Ben Pridmore, Youngest Competitor, Eva Ball From Coventry, Christopher Day, Learning Subjects For School Curriculum, Online Brain Training Website, Cannyminds, Hosted by Strand Palace Hotel, Playing Card Sequences, Random Words, Binary Numbers, Names and Faces, Decimal Numbers, UK Open Memory Championships
How did the Sandwich get its name?: Sandwich got its name from the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, an English nobleman of the 1700s. Earl invented the sandwich while playing cards...
[3/22/2009]
CATEGORY: Tell Me Why
TAGS: Sandwich Name, Fourth Earl, Sandwich, English Nobleman, Earl Invented Sandwich, Playing Cards, Cold Beef, Slices of Bread, Snack
Lawyer uses magic to make cases disappear: Defence lawyers get paid to make clients' cases disappear. But lawyer Steven Leventhal can really make things vanish. Leventhal is self...
[3/7/2009] Philadelphia , United States
CATEGORY: News 4 Kids
TAGS: Lawyer Uses Magic, Make Cases Disappear, Defence Lawyers, Lawyer Steven Leventhal, Self Trained Magician, Philadelphia Skyscraper, Accident Lawsuit, Anecdotal Stories, Legal Intelligencer, Atlantic City, Soviet Union