playing cards
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Yeah, This Is the Week for a Centipikachu Plush
Christmas is out of the way, and covid-19 has cancelled New York Toy Fair, but also: It’s Been a Week. So your regular check-in with all things toy this week on Gizmodo is a little light, but really — what more do you need than a distressingly long Pikachu to cuddle?
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Man Who Probably Hates Having Fingers Builds A Gun That Shoots Playing Cards At 200 KM/H
There’s no denying the engineering and building skills of YouTube’s The Practical Engineer. But it’s the “practical” claims we feel the need to question because as impressive as this invention is, does anyone actually need a handheld blaster that can hurl playing cards at speeds over 200 kilometres per hour?
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Wrangle Loose Decks Of Cards With This Kingly Silicone Strap
Massive accelerators like the one at CERN create particles that can exist for as little as billionths of a second. But you know what lasts even shorter? The cardboard box a deck of cards comes in, leaving you with a loose deck and missing cards, unless you grab this clever alternative.
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Psych Warfare In Vietnam: Card Decks With 52 Aces Of Spades
During the Vietnam War, American soldiers started hearing rumours that the Vietnamese were very superstitious about the ace of spades. So Cincinnati’s U.S. Playing Card Co. responded by printing decks of nothing but ace of spades — and sending them for free to GIs in Vietnam for the purposes of “psychological warfare.”