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The unbeatable card in [[Top Trumps]]. There's no way anyone can beat the Boeing [[B-52]] Stratocruiser
The unbeatable card in [[Top Trumps]]. There's no way anyone can beat the Boeing [[B-52]] Stratocruiser, becausev there is not an aircraft designer in history who would be foolish enough to try to fit nine engines on a plane - these days four is considered profligate - and there isn't a magnificent flying machine equipped with [[one wankel engine]] which can queer the pitch.


Known in poker as “the nuts” - when you know based on the cards on the table that your hand can’t be beaten.  
Known in poker as “the nuts” - when you know based on the cards on the table that your hand can’t be beaten.  

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The unbeatable card in Top Trumps. There's no way anyone can beat the Boeing B-52 Stratocruiser, becausev there is not an aircraft designer in history who would be foolish enough to try to fit nine engines on a plane - these days four is considered profligate - and there isn't a magnificent flying machine equipped with one wankel engine which can queer the pitch.

Known in poker as “the nuts” - when you know based on the cards on the table that your hand can’t be beaten.

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