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a tiny cube that decides empires, fortunes, and dinner — pure chaos wearing six faces
means A small cube marked with one to six dots on each face, rolled to produce a random number in games of chance (and the singular of 'dice').
from From Old French 'de,' meaning a gaming die, which traces back to Latin 'datum' — literally 'something given,' the past participle of 'dare,' 'to give.' The idea is of a piece set down or 'given' in play. English borrowed it in the Middle Ages; over time the plural 'dice' largely swallowed the singular, so 'die' now sounds almost archaic to modern ears even though it's the original form.
- odds
- each fair face hits exactly one in six
- ancient roots
- dice made from anklebones predate written history
- loaded secret
- cheats weighted dice with mercury and drilled holes
- opposite sides
- always sum to seven on standard dice
- plural twist
- one die, two dice — a grammar landmine
die hard — 1988 action film starring bruce willis, became a franchise with 5 movies
die antwoord — south african hip hop rap rave duo formed in 2008
die another day — 2002 james bond film, pierce brosnan's final 007 movie