
Why can't you play cards with pirates?
Because they are always sitting on the deck!
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Did You Know?
A deck of cards and a ship's deck are perfect homonyms! A standard playing card deck has 52 cards. The deck of a ship is its floor or platform. Pirates in the Golden Age (1650-1730) actually did play card games during long voyages. The oldest known playing cards date back to 9th century China!




