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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Domino’s was founded in 1960. The restaurant chain’s founder, Tom Monaghan, is one of three people in the world who hold an advanced degree in "Pizza-ology” from the “Domino’s College of Pizza-ology”—a business management program he founded in the ‘80s.
The employees at the Unclaimed Baggage Centre at Scottsboro Airport have made some interesting finds over the years, most notably a camera from a space shuttle and – amazingly – the missile guidance system of a fighter jet. Someone must have had a lot of explaining to do...
In Singapore, there is a traditional day called ‘Zhong Yuan Jie’ usually during August. People throng the streets offering up money and burning joss sticks in tribute to spirits. There’s also a superstition that it is a bad time to get married or buy a house.
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Domino’s was founded in 1960. The restaurant chain’s founder, Tom Monaghan, is one of three people in the world who hold an advanced degree in "Pizza-ology” from the “Domino’s College of Pizza-ology”—a business management program he founded in the ‘80s.
The employees at the Unclaimed Baggage Centre at Scottsboro Airport have made some interesting finds over the years, most notably a camera from a space shuttle and – amazingly – the missile guidance system of a fighter jet. Someone must have had a lot of explaining to do...
In Singapore, there is a traditional day called ‘Zhong Yuan Jie’ usually during August. People throng the streets offering up money and burning joss sticks in tribute to spirits. There’s also a superstition that it is a bad time to get married or buy a house.
If your children are gamers, then you should probably know that studies have shown that children who spend more than two hours a day playing computer and video games score 9.4 percent lower on school exams than students who don’t play computer games.