Dominoes dates back to the 12th century! It was played in China during the Yuan Dynasty and was referred to as 'pupai'!
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‘The Circle of Life’ was so powerful that when directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff listened to the final version of the song, they decided to change the film’s original opening scene to feature it. This opening scene was later used for the trailer, marking it the first time Disney used a complete scene for a trailer.
The word ‘hologram’ comes from two Greek words. ‘Holo’ which means whole and ‘gamma’ which means message. Hungarian engineer and physicist, Dennis Gabor, came up with the idea of holograms in 1947 and was later awarded the Nobel Prize in 1971 for the invention.
The inventor of Life Savers, Clarence Crane, got the idea of making them round rather than square (which was the most common shape of candy at the time) after she visited a pharmacy and watched how pills were cut into small round shapes.
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‘The Circle of Life’ was so powerful that when directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff listened to the final version of the song, they decided to change the film’s original opening scene to feature it. This opening scene was later used for the trailer, marking it the first time Disney used a complete scene for a trailer.
The word ‘hologram’ comes from two Greek words. ‘Holo’ which means whole and ‘gamma’ which means message. Hungarian engineer and physicist, Dennis Gabor, came up with the idea of holograms in 1947 and was later awarded the Nobel Prize in 1971 for the invention.
The inventor of Life Savers, Clarence Crane, got the idea of making them round rather than square (which was the most common shape of candy at the time) after she visited a pharmacy and watched how pills were cut into small round shapes.
Mount Rushmore went through several changes. In one version of the monument, words were to be etched into the rock face, words that would briefly describe the history of the United States, highlighting nine important events between 1776 and 1906. But due to funding, and issues over wording, this plan was ultimately scrapped!
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