Hello! And welcome back to the Curious Kid podcast. When it comes to games that kids love to play,

there aren't many that come to mind that are played today that were also played by people

several generations ago. As an example, Olivia and Noah loved playing the Nintendo Switch.

When I was a kid, the Switch didn't even exist.

This week, we are going to learn about something that kids and even adults love playing

with today that people have been playing with for hundreds of years.

Mailbag! Mailbag!

Mailbag!

Mailbag!

Hi, my name is Ronan.

I am five years old.

I love listening to your podcast.

I listen to it every morning.

My favorites are Bigfoot, aliens, and carnivorous plants. The Bigfoot episode

does scare me, but I still like it. Today, I'm curious about playing cards. Who invented them?

How do they work? Thank you. Ronan from Taylor's South Carolina. This is going to be awesome.

Playing cards are so much fun. I love using them for magic

tricks and for playing games like war, solitaire, and poker. There are so many different ways to use

playing cards. Let's learn all about playing cards for Ronan this week. Let's do it. The question of the

week has to do with playing cards, although the playing cards are

a bit different than a standard deck of playing cards.

The most popular card game today was invented in 1971 by a barber in Ohio.

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