Did You Know...
...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 |
| 5108614 | Device and a method for filtering a liquid with wood ash to remove impurities therefrom The liquid from which impurities are to be removed is introduced by being distributed throughout the entire top or bottom surface of the filtering medium. The filtering medium includes at least a bed of wood ash through which the liquid is allowed to flow... | 04/28/1992 |
