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TIL the kings in the 4 card suits supposedly represent great rulers in history. The king of spades is David, king of Israel; the king of clubs is Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia; the king of hearts is the French king Charlemagne; and the king of diamonds is the Roman Caesar Augustus.

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