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  • Block Rocking Feats: The Legacy of Lego
    Lego maybe the best known brick on the block, but it wasn't the first toy of its kind and shared many similarities with its predecessors, Meccano and Bayko.
  • A Brief History of Darts: From Weapon to International Sport
    We know that dart-like items have been used for hunting and warfare by early man, and indeed even today some tribes in South America, Africa and Asia continue to use blow darts for hunting purposes. However, in terms of the modern game of darts, the early history seems to have evolved from a game called "Puff and Dart", where players took turns to fire a small sharpened dart at a paper or cork
  • The history of the credit card
    Though the concept of credit has been around for over thousands of years, the credit card itself is a relatively new invention, created at the middle of the 20th century by businessman Frank X McNamara. Head of the Hamilton Credit Corporation, in 1949 he went for a meal with Ralph Sneider, his attorney and Alfred Bloomingdale, a close friend and grandson to the founder of the Bloomingdale’s store.
  • 'Clerks': The Passion of Kevin Smith
    Kevin Smith’s 'Clerks', released in 1994 and now considered a modern-day classic, started off as an idea while Smith was an employee at the Quick Stop convenience store and RST Video in his native New Jersey. Inspired by Richard Linklater’s 'Slacker', the 'Divine Comedy' by Dante Algihieri and Smith’s own experience of working in the convenience store
  • Portsmouth’s Living Museums
    Found at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire, the historic town of Portsmouth - only one hour drive north from Boston, Massachusetts - has a long naval tradition and boasts a long and proud past.
  • Enter the Dragon: The Life of Bruce Lee
    Born to a Chinese father and a mother of Chinese and German ancestry in San Francisco in 1940, Lee moved with his parents to Hong Kong when he was only three months old. Lee’s father was a famous Cantonese Opera star, and was encouraged to follow in his footsteps.
  • The story of Lego – the world’s most famous brick
    Lego is 50 years old, and the plastic toy building brick is still as popular as it ever was. Lego sells over two hundred playsets a year (with themes ranging from Star Wars to Harry Potter), in hundreds of different countries.



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