...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7104280 | Mixing faucet with a swivel tap A mixing faucet includes a body part (2), where a rotatable swivel tap (4) is mounted on said body part and a rotatable valve spindle (6) is mounted in said body part for an adjustment of the feeding of cold and hot water, respectively. The rota... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7021473 | Faucet display unit A rigid display unit for displaying kitchen and bathroom faucets, comprising an upper back shelf having at least one hole therein, and a lower front shelf. The lower front shelf has a downwardly-sloping portion with two co-planar side portions adjacent to the down-w... | 04/04/2006 |