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Who invented Monopoly?

Charles Darrow, a US citizen, invented Monopoly in 1931, during the Great Depression. Out of work, Darrow earned a living inventing puzzles and games, to sell to toy-makers. With some difficulty, he sold Monopoly to Parker Brothers on a royalty basis. The game sold so well that Darrow became a millionaire. The original game had properties named after streets, hotels, …

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Who has written the maximum number of books?

Phillip M Parker, an American, has written 200,000 books. He has devised computer algorithms which write text, search and do many more defined operations which have helped him write these books. Among his publications include The Official Patient’s Sourcebook on Acne Rosacea (168 pages), Stickler Syndrome: A Bibliography and Dictionary for Physicians and Sets That Measure 6-Feet by 9-Feet or …

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Who discovered America?

Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1942, but his ships were not the first from Europe to reach North American coasts. It is possible that Irish monks, or a Welsh prince, had crossed the Atlantic centuries before. Their voyages, if they ever took place at all, had been forgotten, and so had the voyages the the Vikings, who had settled first …

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Who created Sherlock Holmes?

Fiction’s most famous detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Born in Edinburgh in 1859 he decided to become a doctor, and it was when he was studying medicine at university that he met the man who was to later inspire him to create his most famous character. The man was his professor, Joseph Bell, who was particularly good …

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Who came in the guise of a Golden Deer to the Ashrama of Rama?

Maricha, son of Sunda, an asura, assumed the form of a golden deer and ranged about the wood near the hermitage of Rama. The horns of the deer were like twin jewels and its face was piebald, its ears like two blue lotus-flowers, its sleek sides soft as the petals of a flower, its hoofs as black as jet, its …

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