Charles Darrow developed Monopoly in 1933. When he sold the game to Parker Brothers, the cards were handwritten, and the houses were made from wooden molding scraps.
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Why is Apple called apple? According to some sources, it’s simply because the fruit was one that founder Steve Jobs enjoyed. Pretty simple. The company has grown dramatically over the past decades and now employs more people than a small city – over 90,000 people!
Lucille Ball was determined to be a performer. When she was just 15 years old, she left high school and moved to New York City to attend drama school. Unfortunately, the theatre world did not work out for Ball. Still, determined to make it, she took some modelling jobs under the name Diane Belmont and was ultimately discovered.
The set of playing cards as we know it today was invented by the French in 1480. The images of peasants, women and men date all the way back to the 15th century. The joker, however, was invented in America.
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Why is Apple called apple? According to some sources, it’s simply because the fruit was one that founder Steve Jobs enjoyed. Pretty simple. The company has grown dramatically over the past decades and now employs more people than a small city – over 90,000 people!
Lucille Ball was determined to be a performer. When she was just 15 years old, she left high school and moved to New York City to attend drama school. Unfortunately, the theatre world did not work out for Ball. Still, determined to make it, she took some modelling jobs under the name Diane Belmont and was ultimately discovered.
The set of playing cards as we know it today was invented by the French in 1480. The images of peasants, women and men date all the way back to the 15th century. The joker, however, was invented in America.
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