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Why Is a Baker’s Dozen 13?

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Why Is the Indy 500 Held on Memorial Day Weekend?

Poker game. Card game. Royal Flush in poker. Hearts suit gambling

Poker Hands Ranked

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

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