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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.
+The unbeatable card<ref>Known in poker as “the nuts” - when you know based on the cards on the table that your hand can’t be beaten.</ref> in [[Top Trumps]]. There's no way anyone can beat the Boeing [[B-52]] Stratocruiser, because 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 unlike with the [[top Trumps]] [[supercars]] edition there is no magnificent flying machine equipped with [[one wankel engine]] to “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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+*[[Top Trumps]]
 *[[One wankel engine]]
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