The Weirdest Things You Could Only Find at Your Grandparents House

Vintage Table Games

Whether it was a vintage game table or just a really great collection of old board games, a visit to grandmom and granddad's house was always filled with fun times around the monopoly board. Whether you actually finished the game didn't matter, there was just something about a game night that was always fun. With delights such as ludo, backgammon and monopoly on offer, there was no greater pleasure than an afternoon spent vainly trying to beat granny at scrabble. 

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The More You Know

  • Contrary to popular belief, Marilyn Munroe was nowhere near a 'plus' size 12 - 16, she was closer to a US size 0.
  • Scorpions are incredibly resilient: scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
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