I’m certain that at some point in your life, you’ve played Snakes and Ladders… or if you’re an American ‘Chutes and Ladders’. And that difference, ‘Snakes’ verses ‘Chutes’ is a surprisingly interesting one. In both versions you climb up a ladder, and in the American version, you slide down a ‘chute’… or a slide. Makes sense right? But around most of the rest of the world we slide down a snake. Why? Well the origin of Snakes and Ladders is almost 2000 years old, and found in ancient India – in a game called Moksha-Patam.
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