The massively popular card game UNO was originally invented by a barber in Ohio for what weirdly specific reason?

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Uno was invented in 1971 by an Ohio barber named Merle Robbins, who simply took a deck of standard playing cards and wrote instructions on them to settle an argument with his son over the rules of Crazy Eights.

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Uno began as a barber's version of Crazy Eights

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Chess was aggressively banned by religious authorities across various different cultures over the centuries, with both radical Islamic leaders and orthodox Christian bishops…

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The official creators of UNO had to address a massive Twitter debate. What rule is illegal?

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The massively popular card game UNO was originally invented by a barber in Ohio for what weirdly specific reason?

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You can win Uno without saying Uno

Mattel sells 17 Uno games every minute

Uno was invented in 1971 by an Ohio barber named Merle Robbins, who simply took a deck of standard playing cards and wrote instructions on them to settle an argument with his son over the rules of Crazy Eights.

Uno began as a barber's version of Crazy Eights

Chess was aggressively banned by religious authorities across various different cultures over the centuries, with both radical Islamic leaders and orthodox Christian bishops…

The official creators of UNO had to address a massive Twitter debate. What rule is illegal?

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