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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Washington, D.C. is home to a lot of impressive architecture. The Washington monument is plain and simple, while other buildings win you over with intricate details. Just take a close look at the northwest tower of the National Cathedral – one of the many gargoyles you’ll find there is actually Darth Vader!
Contrary to rumors, Alex Trebek, host of ‘Jeopardy!’, is not a diva when the cameras aren’t rolling. He claims to own over 100 suits, however. In one day, a week’s worth of episodes is filmed. Trebek often has to change suits to create the illusion that another day has passed.
Even the Earth could become a black hole if you compressed it to the size of a peanut. Now try to imagine a supermassive black hole with the incredible mass of 40 billion solar masses! That's what lurks within Holmberg 15A inside the Abell 85 galaxy cluster.
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Washington, D.C. is home to a lot of impressive architecture. The Washington monument is plain and simple, while other buildings win you over with intricate details. Just take a close look at the northwest tower of the National Cathedral – one of the many gargoyles you’ll find there is actually Darth Vader!
Contrary to rumors, Alex Trebek, host of ‘Jeopardy!’, is not a diva when the cameras aren’t rolling. He claims to own over 100 suits, however. In one day, a week’s worth of episodes is filmed. Trebek often has to change suits to create the illusion that another day has passed.
Even the Earth could become a black hole if you compressed it to the size of a peanut. Now try to imagine a supermassive black hole with the incredible mass of 40 billion solar masses! That's what lurks within Holmberg 15A inside the Abell 85 galaxy cluster.
It’s a well-known fact that you can’t control the weather. This didn’t stop the city of Syracuse, New York, from trying it anyway – by legal action! In 1992, the Syracuse Common Council decreed that any more snow before Christmas Eve was illegal. Needless to say, nature didn’t comply.
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