In 1883, board games were more popular, with conveniences of households and eight hour days. People simply had more time. Also, prices came down and people could afford to buy more. The games tried to reform people or deal with the moral decline by injecting moral truths back into American life through the games. Parker …
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We know some animals are big, like elephants or giraffes. But until you actually see one — ideally in its natural habitat — you often can’t quite grasp just how big they actually are. And then there are the animals that are usually fairly compact but have outlier species that grow to absolutely massive sizes. …
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There are hundreds of millions of board games sold every year, with $4 billion in revenue. As common as they are now, they were barely known 150 years ago. 150 years ago they were pretty much unheard of. When it comes to the big players in board games, you have already heard of them. They …
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There are many places in America that everyone around the world knows because of their historical, cultural, or natural significance. We’re talking about places like Gettysburg, Washington, or the Grand Canyon. Then there are places that aren’t that famous — but they should be, if only for the virtue of their names. You see, those …
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The sun starts our days with natural light and we finish our days with manmade light. Here are a bunch of light fun facts. Light sources can be natural or manmade. The speed of light is exactly 299 792 km per second (when in a vacuum and not obstructed by the atmosphere. Optics is the …
Have you read Are These Some Weird Riddles? Part One and Are These Some Weird Riddles? Part Two? Follow the links to read them because this is part three. What kind of band never plays music? A rubber band. What has many teeth, but cannot bite? A comb. What has lots of eyes, but can’t …
Since National Kentucky Day is October 19th, you should know these Kentucky fun facts. Starting with over 95% of bourbon is produced in Kentucky. Did you know that? Kentucky is the 14th smallest state. Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky. Kentucky is officially the “Commonwealth of Kentucky,” along with Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virgnia.It wasn’t …
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Today is not a good day. Whether there’s a hockey mask-wearing machete-wielding maniac after you or you’re just having regular bad luck, Friday the 13th is generally considered one of the worst days on the calendar. But why? Where did this tradition come from? And what else does it entail? Here are 13 fun, weird, …
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The second Saturday of October is National Chess Day, the day of the most popular board game in the world. Did you know that about chess? Here are more chess fun facts to celebrate the game. Chess was invented in India There are over 700 million chess players in the world. A chess board is …
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We know them as puppies, kitties, and bunnies. Biologists and some other kinds of nerds know them as Canis lupus familiaris, Felis catus, and Oryctolagus cuniculus. The scientific naming system, or binomial nomenclature, helps researchers classify and organize different species. Developed by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century, the system assigns each species a two-part …
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