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Uncommon card · History
History of cosmetics, an Uncommon card
The history of cosmetics spans at least 7,000 years and is present in almost every society on earth.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
History of cosmetics quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of cosmetics card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Cosmetic body art is argued to have been the ______ form of a ritual in human culture.
Answer
earliest. Cosmetic body art is argued to have been the earliest form of a ritual in human culture. From the History of cosmetics article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Smoking ban. Smoking ban 87 · Air supremacy 83 · History of cosmetics 77 · Eurasian nuthatch 74 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Cosmetic body art is argued to have been the earliest form of a ritual in human culture.
- The evidence for this comes in the form of utilised red mineral pigments including crayons associated with the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa.
- Cosmetics are mentioned in the Old Testament, 2 Kings 9:30 where Jezebel painted her eyelids, approximately 840 BC, and the book of Esther describes various beauty treatments as well.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of cosmetics article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get History of cosmetics
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Matt StrikerUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 86
- Smoking banUncommon · Society · ATK 87 DEF 78
- Eurasian nuthatchUncommon · Nature · ATK 74 DEF 91
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of cosmetics (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Philip Pikart, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
