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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When immigrants arrive at Ellis Island they were given their first meal in America before being processed and taken to the mainland. And guess what was included? Ice cream!
If you’d like to improve your memory, you should cut down on the all-nighters and get a good night’s sleep. Sleep will also help you with learning new things, particularly those that involve motor skills. Your piano performance will improve after you have hit the hay.
Ketchup didn’t originally contain tomatoes but was rather a concoction made of fish or mushrooms. Once tomato ketchup was invented, a physician named John Cooke Bennet had the brilliant idea to press the sauce into pills and sell them as a cure for diarrhea, indigestion and rheumatism. The ketchup medicine craze didn’t last long.
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When immigrants arrive at Ellis Island they were given their first meal in America before being processed and taken to the mainland. And guess what was included? Ice cream!
If you’d like to improve your memory, you should cut down on the all-nighters and get a good night’s sleep. Sleep will also help you with learning new things, particularly those that involve motor skills. Your piano performance will improve after you have hit the hay.
Ketchup didn’t originally contain tomatoes but was rather a concoction made of fish or mushrooms. Once tomato ketchup was invented, a physician named John Cooke Bennet had the brilliant idea to press the sauce into pills and sell them as a cure for diarrhea, indigestion and rheumatism. The ketchup medicine craze didn’t last long.
Christmas puts a smile on the faces of most people, but did you know that from 1659 to 1681, it was outlawed in the New World? Puritan settlers in Boston made the celebration of the festive season a punishable offense because of the holiday’s pagan roots. So much for “Joy to the world”...
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