28/01/2021
THURSDAY VIBES
3 FUN FACTS ABOUT DICE
Did you know that in the history of the game of rolling dice, there has been a lot of modifications and changes? It however doesn't take away the fact that there has been some bizarre variations and elements in the past. Here are three we picked out for you;
1) Rolling bones - Did you know that in the beginning, dice were originally made from the ankle bones of animals? Early civilizations used bones, hooves, and tusks from animals like sheep to create dice with the bone material carved down to construct the shape and size. Small circles were inscribed on the ankle bones to delineate the differing sides.
2) All shapes and sizes - While everyone has used a typical six-sided dice when playing craps at a casino or a board game like Yahtzee at home, there are also weird shaped dice that are used in other games. Unusual shapes used to create dice include an octahedron, pentagonal trapezohedron, dodecahedron, and an icosahedron. Oddly shaped dice are often used in popular board games such as Dungeons and Dragons.
3)The dots have a name - This might come as a surprise, but the dots on the side of the dice planes have a name. The dots on each side of the dice are known as “pips”. On traditional dice, there are six sides with pips used to represent one, two, three, four, five, and six. Pips are usually colored black on white dice, and white on dice of other colors, although colored pips are also common.
So next time, you can brag to your friends that you know the specific name of the holes on a dice, thanks to Chopbig 😉😁. Don’t forget to download the Chopbig app on Google Playstore if you haven’t.