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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:
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Today - World Food Day, Dictionary Day, Boss’ Day, Steve Jobs Day, Feral Cat Day and Department Store Day
Tomorrow - Forgive an Ex Day, Spreadsheet Day, Hagfish Day, Global Dignity Day, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Take Your Parents To Lunch Day, Wear Something Gaudy Day, Mulligan Day and Playing Card Collection Day
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