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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As mentioned earlier, there are many different Halloween traditions around the globe. Some involve candy, and some others involve...peeling apples. In Scotland, there is an old tradition of apple peeling at Halloween. You take an apple and peel off the skin in one piece. This piece is then thrown over the shoulder – the letter it resembles is the initial of your future spouse!
If you're looking to improve your grades, listen to some music! Studies have shown that listening to music while studying can trigger your learning and help you memorize things better. It is believed that music puts you in a powerful state of concentration that aids in processing more information than usual.
There are approximately 6,900 distinct languages in existence today, though there may be languages spoken in remote areas that we have yet to discover. No matter how many new languages we find, though, this number will be much lower in 100 years.
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As mentioned earlier, there are many different Halloween traditions around the globe. Some involve candy, and some others involve...peeling apples. In Scotland, there is an old tradition of apple peeling at Halloween. You take an apple and peel off the skin in one piece. This piece is then thrown over the shoulder – the letter it resembles is the initial of your future spouse!
If you're looking to improve your grades, listen to some music! Studies have shown that listening to music while studying can trigger your learning and help you memorize things better. It is believed that music puts you in a powerful state of concentration that aids in processing more information than usual.
There are approximately 6,900 distinct languages in existence today, though there may be languages spoken in remote areas that we have yet to discover. No matter how many new languages we find, though, this number will be much lower in 100 years.
Turkish tradition says that the Nazar or eye bead shields its owners against evil and absorbs negativity. The belief comes from the lack of blue eyes people born in the Middle East and Mediterranean, leading to the superstition that those with light or blue eyes could curse someone just by looking at them.
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