Flying Squid to Political [email protected] • 8 months agoWe could always play a different game...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down122
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minus-squareNougatlinkfedilink6•8 months agoWasn’t stolen by Parker Brothers so much as it was stolen by Charles Darrow.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoYou’re right, I got my history mixed up there.
minus-squareNougatlinkfedilink2•8 months agoI wouldn’t have known it if I hadn’t skimmed the Wikipedia article. And Parker Brothers knew Darrow wasn’t the inventor and they did the “business” to buy it from him anyway.
Wasn’t stolen by Parker Brothers so much as it was stolen by Charles Darrow.
You’re right, I got my history mixed up there.
I wouldn’t have known it if I hadn’t skimmed the Wikipedia article. And Parker Brothers knew Darrow wasn’t the inventor and they did the “business” to buy it from him anyway.