Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Happy #PlayingCardCollectionDay

Tomorrow will be Playing Card Collection Day. I'd never really thought about collecting playing cards but it seems to be a big deal. If you click on the link for Playing Card Collection Day under Interesting days below, there's a link to the official Playing Card Collection Day website.

I found out a couple of days ago that Bicycle came out with a deck of cards during WWII that actually revealed a map on how to escape from a prison camp if the cards were soaked in water.

According to Bicycle:
During World War II, The United States Playing Card Company joined forces with American and British intelligence agencies to create a very special deck of cards. This deck was specifically created to help allied prisoners of war escape from German POW camps.
This deck of cards became known as the “Map Deck.” It was made by hiding maps of top-secret escape routes between the two paper layers that make up all modern playing cards. When soaked in water, these decks could be peeled apart to reveal hidden maps that allowed escaping prisoners to find their way to safety.
Due to the nature of the war and the prosecution of war crimes thereafter, the map decks remained a closely guarded secret for many years after the war ended. The secrecy surrounding them was so high, that no one really knows how many were produced or how many have survived.
There is said a deck to be in a private collection. It’s possible that this is the only surviving example.
The cards have been recreated with the map printed faintly on the fronts of the cards. You can purchase them from Bicycle. Here's a video showing the cards and what the map loos like when assembled:


Interesting days


Today - World Food DayDictionary DayBoss’ DaySteve Jobs DayFeral Cat Day and Department Store Day

Tomorrow - Forgive an Ex Day, Spreadsheet DayHagfish DayGlobal Dignity DayInternational Day for the Eradication of PovertyTake Your Parents To Lunch DayWear Something Gaudy DayMulligan Day and Playing Card Collection Day

Next Tuesday - iPod DayEvent Organizers DayMole DayTV Talk Show Host Day and Boston Cream Pie Day

November 16 - Have a Party with Your Bear DayFast Food DayHuman-Animal Relationship Awareness WeekButton Day and International Day for Tolerance 

 

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