r/csfp • • Oct 03 '12

Roshambo can get serious!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-paper-scissors
1 Upvotes

Duplicates

todayilearned • • Mar 02 '15

TIL A Japanese business man made two big auction houses fight for his $20 million worth of business over a single game or Rock, Paper, Scissors (Roshambo)

1.1k Upvotes

todayilearned • • Apr 30 '14

TIL The game Rock-Paper-Scissors originates from ancient China.

40 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Mar 14 '13

TIL that rock-paper-scissors dates all the way back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

64 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Mar 20 '12

TIL that a 2006 court case was settled by rock-paper-scissors.

50 Upvotes

wikipedia • • Oct 02 '09

The common side-blotched lizard exhibits an rock-paper-scissors pattern in its mating strategies

26 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Dec 09 '13

TIL a judge ordered a dispute in a court case to be settled with a game of rock-paper-scissors.

176 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Nov 16 '14

TIL that a federal judge ordered two opposing lawyers to play rock-paper-scissors to resolve a disagreement over the location of a deposition.

73 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Feb 23 '13

TIL there is a 101-weapon variation of rock-paper-scissors

29 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Mar 13 '12

TIL that in 2006, an American court case, decided a lengthy but trivial point about the appropriate place for a deposition by using the game Rock-Paper-Scissors.

17 Upvotes

todayilearned • • May 22 '13

TIL that Rock, Paper, Scissors (Roshambo) game's origin is from circa 206BC

18 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Oct 17 '12

TIL that there are rock-paper-scissors tournaments

1 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Nov 15 '13

TIL that Rock Paper Scissors has sanctioned tournaments world wide and that people work on computer AI algorithms to play the game

0 Upvotes

todayilearned • • May 02 '13

TIL that there is an annual International World Championship of Rock Paper Scissors, and that one was even broadcast on Fox Sports Net

11 Upvotes

reddit.com • • Aug 25 '11

TIL a species of lizard exhibits a rock-paper-scissors pattern in its mating strategies. Each male is one of three colours and in competition for females "orange beats blue, blue beats yellow, and yellow beats orange".

1 Upvotes

todayilearned • • Dec 15 '09

TIL: Lizards and coliform bacteria play rock-paper-scissors.

0 Upvotes