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TIL that the 4 suits of cards (♢ ♧ ♡ ♤) correspond to the seasons in a year, and adding all the values of the cards (1 for ace, 11 for jack, 12 for queen, 13 for king, and 1 for joker) adds up to 365, the number of days in a year.

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