The woeful walls of Meknes in Morocco were built for Mule Ismail. It took 50,000 European slaves 20 years to build the city, and their dead bodies were buried in the walls to make them strong. The card game bridge originated in Istanbul, Turkey, where the Russian colony first played it under the name of Russian Whist. It was brought to England about 1884. Two English families used to visit one another on alternate nights to play the game. Their way led across a rickety, unsafe old bridge. On parting, the visiting family would sigh with relief and say, thank goodness it's your bridge tomorrow night. Gradually, the game became known as Bridge Whist and finally Bridge. Believe It or Not!
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