If you’ve played Connect Four, you might be surprised to know that a board has 4,531,985,219,092 possible positions.
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Did you know which large animal kills the most people in Africa? Not the lion, and not the crocodile; it is in fact the hippo. The males are very territorial and will attack anything that enters their area. Females aggressively protect their babies. Hippos have even been known to kill crocodiles.
If you speak and understand Chinese, you use both sides of your brain. English speakers only use the left side of their brains! The most spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese, with over 13% of the world's population speaking it!
Modern card games see their roots extend all the way back to the tradition of playing dominoes, which has been around for centuries. Card games were even played back in 969 A.D. by the Emperor Mu-Tsung and his wife, whom allegedly loved to play together!
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Did you know which large animal kills the most people in Africa? Not the lion, and not the crocodile; it is in fact the hippo. The males are very territorial and will attack anything that enters their area. Females aggressively protect their babies. Hippos have even been known to kill crocodiles.
If you speak and understand Chinese, you use both sides of your brain. English speakers only use the left side of their brains! The most spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese, with over 13% of the world's population speaking it!
Modern card games see their roots extend all the way back to the tradition of playing dominoes, which has been around for centuries. Card games were even played back in 969 A.D. by the Emperor Mu-Tsung and his wife, whom allegedly loved to play together!
‘Tex-Mex' cuisine is a fusion of Mexican and American dishes primarily coming from the creation of the Tejano people living in Texas. You might be surprised to know that Tex Mex has imported flavours from other spicy cuisines, such as those from the Canary Islands.