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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The Rolling Bridge was a Victorian-era British invention intended to be an alternative to traditional bridges. Users would board the bridge, more like a platform, and would then be carried across the water on a rolling platform attached to rails on the riverbed.
Plenty of professional card tournaments use completely plastic cards. This means that they're less-easily damaged during extensive use and also that people can't leave marks on them. No crafty cheating in here!
When the Amazon Kindle was first released, it sold out in five-and-a-half hours. The groundbreaking e-reader remained out of stock for 5 months! The device's name came from branding consultants Michael Cronan and Karin Hibma, who suggested ‘Kindle’, meaning to light a fire.
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The Rolling Bridge was a Victorian-era British invention intended to be an alternative to traditional bridges. Users would board the bridge, more like a platform, and would then be carried across the water on a rolling platform attached to rails on the riverbed.
Plenty of professional card tournaments use completely plastic cards. This means that they're less-easily damaged during extensive use and also that people can't leave marks on them. No crafty cheating in here!
When the Amazon Kindle was first released, it sold out in five-and-a-half hours. The groundbreaking e-reader remained out of stock for 5 months! The device's name came from branding consultants Michael Cronan and Karin Hibma, who suggested ‘Kindle’, meaning to light a fire.
Pimms is a distinctly British summer drink; a lightly spices liquor often mixed with lemonade and served with garnishes like apples, cucumber, orange, lemon, strawberry and mint. Fruity fruity. If that’s not quite posh enough for you darling, you can always replace lemonade with champagne, creating what’s called a “Pimm’s Royal Cup”.
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