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The Secret History Of Your Favorite Old Brands

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Play-Doh's wallpaper cleaning past

hank Play-Doh was originally invented to clean coal soot off wallpaper.

Lego's wooden toy rescue

hank Lego started as a wooden toy maker during the Great Depression.

Fun Facts

Fun Fact

Nintendo's name: The name Nintendo translates from Japanese to mean 'leave luck to heaven.'

Quizzes

Quiz

Before becoming a beloved children's modeling clay, what was Play-Doh used for in the 1930s?

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What toy did Lego produce as its first highly successful wooden product?

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Why did Play-Doh's original sales as a wallpaper cleaner decline in the mid-20th century?

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Which Japanese city hosted the original headquarters of Nintendo in 1889?

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What did the founders of Hasbro originally sell when they started their business in 1923?

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What material did Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen use for his first toys during the Great Depression?

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What does the Danish phrase 'leg godt,' which inspired the name Lego, mean?

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What did Nintendo produce when it was founded in Kyoto, Japan, in 1889?

Glosario

Glossary

hanafuda (noun)
A type of traditional Japanese playing cards decorated with floral patterns and used for various games. In 1889, Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a playing card shop in Kyoto, which eventually evolved into Nintendo.

Gossip

Gossip

Which toy origin story is the most surprising to you?

Videos

hank Nintendo originally made mulberry bark playing cards, which became popular among local gang members for gambling.

hank In 1932, Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen lost his business and began making wooden toys, founding Lego.

hank In 1923, the Hassenfeld brothers founded the company that became Hasbro by selling leftover fabric scraps.

hank Kutol Products created the compound to clean wallpaper before rebranding it as Play-Doh in 1956.