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 earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas! These microscopes were simple in construction, using different shapes and sizes of glass with low power (6x to 10x). They were invented by the Romans.
Pokémon were once featured on a spendable currency! In the isolated Pacific island of Niue, specific Niue dollar coins were released in 2011 with the faces of Charmander, Meowth, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and of course, Pikachu.
Reddit users uncovered a player by the handle ‘Fortnite Winner’ earlier this year and simply had to investigate their stats. It turned out that the gamer’s confidence was a little misplaced. They had engaged in over 1,000 matches and had failed to win a single one. Woops.
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The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas! These microscopes were simple in construction, using different shapes and sizes of glass with low power (6x to 10x). They were invented by the Romans.
Pokémon were once featured on a spendable currency! In the isolated Pacific island of Niue, specific Niue dollar coins were released in 2011 with the faces of Charmander, Meowth, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and of course, Pikachu.
Reddit users uncovered a player by the handle ‘Fortnite Winner’ earlier this year and simply had to investigate their stats. It turned out that the gamer’s confidence was a little misplaced. They had engaged in over 1,000 matches and had failed to win a single one. Woops.
Leonardo da Vinci’s handwriting was always written with backwards letters, legible only when reflected in a mirror. While many believed he did this to conceal his ideas, it was actually because he was left-handed and didn’t want to smear the ink as he wrote.
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