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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How do they get gummy candies to shine with that ever-so-appetizing glossy sheen? Well, we hate to be the bearer of ... unappetizing news, but the candies are actually coated with carnauba wax, just like cars are! Still, it's hard not to indulge in a few gummy bears every now and then!
In 2003, an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ aired where Homer gave his email address as ChunkyLover53@aol.com. Matt Selman, the episode’s writer, signed up for the email address beforehand and after the show aired, found his inbox completely packed to its limit within a matter of minutes!
There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
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How do they get gummy candies to shine with that ever-so-appetizing glossy sheen? Well, we hate to be the bearer of ... unappetizing news, but the candies are actually coated with carnauba wax, just like cars are! Still, it's hard not to indulge in a few gummy bears every now and then!
In 2003, an episode of ‘The Simpsons’ aired where Homer gave his email address as ChunkyLover53@aol.com. Matt Selman, the episode’s writer, signed up for the email address beforehand and after the show aired, found his inbox completely packed to its limit within a matter of minutes!
There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
Beneath the city of Cincinnati, Ohio is a huge labyrinth of tunnels and stations. The subway system was proposed in the 1910s as an upgrade of the streetcar system. Construction was interrupted in the turbulent years that followed, and never resumed because of inflation and politics.
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