...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 |
| 3949875 | Shampoo neck strip A multi-ply strip somewhat longer than the circumference of the average human neck has two oppositely-facing arcuate edge portions toward the center of the strip to accommodate the contours of the neck. In one form, the opposite short ends of the strip ha... | 04/13/1976 |