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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Both male and female turkeys purr, whistle, cackle, and yelp, but the most recognizable sound – the glorious gobble – is only produced by males. The gobble is a male turkey’s version of a lion’s roar, announcing his presence and warning rivals to stay clear. Sometimes, in order to really get his message across, a male turkey will gobble from the top of a tree.
For approximately 200 years, microscope technology remained relatively unchanged. In the 1850s, however, Carl Zeiss, a German engineer, developed improvements for the device! Joseph Jackson Lister also helped eliminate the unequal bending of light hitting the microscope lens, leading to further improvements!
There are even weirder game shows in Finland where The World Sauna Championships were held from 1999 until 2010. Contestants would start in a temperature above the boiling point of water and whoever could endure the longest would win.
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Both male and female turkeys purr, whistle, cackle, and yelp, but the most recognizable sound – the glorious gobble – is only produced by males. The gobble is a male turkey’s version of a lion’s roar, announcing his presence and warning rivals to stay clear. Sometimes, in order to really get his message across, a male turkey will gobble from the top of a tree.
For approximately 200 years, microscope technology remained relatively unchanged. In the 1850s, however, Carl Zeiss, a German engineer, developed improvements for the device! Joseph Jackson Lister also helped eliminate the unequal bending of light hitting the microscope lens, leading to further improvements!
There are even weirder game shows in Finland where The World Sauna Championships were held from 1999 until 2010. Contestants would start in a temperature above the boiling point of water and whoever could endure the longest would win.
There is an annual ceremony in Britain called ‘Swan Upping’, in which mute swans upon the River Thames are rounded up, ringed and released. Traditionally, swans in open water belong to the Queen of England, and Swan Upping was a tradition that dated back to the 16th century.
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