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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Nintendo developed the highly popular Wii motion technology and offered it to Microsoft and Sony (who turned it down) before using it! The motion technology was a huge hit and garnered a ton of positive attention. It is still popular today.
Isaac Newton’s cranium remained unscathed when he discovered gravity. The story that he got the idea to develop his laws of motion by an apple falling on his head is a myth – Newton merely stated that he was inspired by watching an apple fall from a tree.
Researchers discovered that the tempo in the top 100 songs between 1958 and 2007 were eerily linked to the S&P 500. Calm, slow, and simple music typically trends before a period of instability in the stock market! Next time a sobering love ballad shoots to the top of the charts, start thinking about liquidating!
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Nintendo developed the highly popular Wii motion technology and offered it to Microsoft and Sony (who turned it down) before using it! The motion technology was a huge hit and garnered a ton of positive attention. It is still popular today.
Isaac Newton’s cranium remained unscathed when he discovered gravity. The story that he got the idea to develop his laws of motion by an apple falling on his head is a myth – Newton merely stated that he was inspired by watching an apple fall from a tree.
Researchers discovered that the tempo in the top 100 songs between 1958 and 2007 were eerily linked to the S&P 500. Calm, slow, and simple music typically trends before a period of instability in the stock market! Next time a sobering love ballad shoots to the top of the charts, start thinking about liquidating!
Here is an astonishing figure: approximately one-third of all 30-year-old men who are not employed are either in prison or are unemployed ex-prisoners. Ex-prisoners have a difficult time finding jobs in their first several years as free people, with nearly half earning nearly nothing in this time period.
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