...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 |
| 4938884 | Coupled phosphorus-containing amides Coupled amides useful as lubricating additives such as load carrying agents and/or extreme pressure agents have the formula ##STR1## wherein X1, X2, and X3, independently, is O or S; wherein R1 and R2 | 07/03/1990 |