If you’ve played Connect Four, you might be surprised to know that a board has 4,531,985,219,092 possible positions.
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Prior to the release of the first Sonic game, Sega was desperately searching for a mascot that could rival the appeal of Nintendo’s jumping plumber. Plenty of ideas were presented to Sega’s top dogs, one of them being a very early (and very different) version of Sonic. This proposed mascot was actually a rabbit that could grasp at things with his paws and fight using his own ears! How cute.
Are you a fan of James Bond? If so, you should know that there’s no 007 film where you see Roger Moore running. Moore felt too awkward running for the camera, so all the legwork was done by body doubles. Moore retired from playing Bond in 1985 because he felt he was too old for the part.
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.
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Prior to the release of the first Sonic game, Sega was desperately searching for a mascot that could rival the appeal of Nintendo’s jumping plumber. Plenty of ideas were presented to Sega’s top dogs, one of them being a very early (and very different) version of Sonic. This proposed mascot was actually a rabbit that could grasp at things with his paws and fight using his own ears! How cute.
Are you a fan of James Bond? If so, you should know that there’s no 007 film where you see Roger Moore running. Moore felt too awkward running for the camera, so all the legwork was done by body doubles. Moore retired from playing Bond in 1985 because he felt he was too old for the part.
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.
How long would you imagine the longest card game in history was? A few hours? A few days? Maybe a month? Well, according to The Bird Cage Theatre in Arizona, the longest game of cards ever ensued within their very walls. Apparently a group of wild west thieves and hooligans sat down together and played for a grand total of eight years, five months and three days. Now that’s wild.