The Strangest Natural and Man-Made Items that Actually Exist

Five of a Kind

Five-suit poker and five-suit bridge were popular games in the 1940s and 50s, but as the popularity of simpler card games grew, the fifth suit became obsolete. Don't think of it as a loss of history, think of it as a general improvement to the overall health of card games. 

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