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Category |
Date |
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The board game "La Conquete du Monde" was created by French film maker Albert Lamorisse in 1957. It was released two years later in English as "Risk". |
Hobbies > Games |
02/01/09 |
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17 |
The board game "Careers" was created in 1955 by sociologist James Cooke Brown. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/31/09 |
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18 |
The "Bluenose", a famous Canadian schooner, first appeared on the reverse side of the Canadian dime in 1937. |
Hobbies > Collecting |
05/15/09 |
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19 |
Tatting is a form of needlework that uses a shuttle to make lace. |
Hobbies > Crafts |
01/05/09 |
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20 |
Sunflowers need full sun to grow well. |
Hobbies > Gardening |
06/22/08 |
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21 |
Sudoku was invented by Howard Garns, in 1979. |
Hobbies |
07/04/08 |
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22 |
Spades is the highest suit in the card game of Bridge. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/31/09 |
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23 |
Someone who studies or collects stamps is called a philatelist. |
Hobbies > Collecting |
07/02/08 |
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24 |
Someone who collects coins is called a numismatist. |
Hobbies > Collecting |
05/15/08 |
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25 |
Pumpkins are fruit. |
Hobbies > Gardening |
07/07/08 |
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26 |
Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. |
Hobbies > Crafts |
10/07/08 |
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27 |
Milton Bradley released his first board game, "The Checkered Game of Life", in 1860. |
Hobbies > Games |
01/31/09 |
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28 |
Knitting is a form of needlework that uses needles to create fabric from yarn. |
Hobbies > Crafts |
01/06/09 |
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29 |
In the original version of the game Monopoly, the Short Line lies on the side of the board between Go To Jail and Go. |
Hobbies > Games |
05/29/08 |
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30 |
In the original version of the game Monopoly, the Reading Railroad lies on the side of the board between Go and Jail. |
Hobbies > Games |
05/30/08 |
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