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There are more possible iterations of a shuffled deck of cards than atoms on Earth

The number of ways to arrange a standard 52-card deck is 52! (52 factorial) — approximately 8 × 10^67. The number of atoms on Earth is estimated at around 10^50. This means that every time you shuffle a deck thoroughly, you are almost certainly creating an arrangement that has never existed before in the history of card games.

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🔗 Source: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a24383/52-factorial/
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