Did you know the word and party game Tapple was developed by the toy development agency NPD Toys and first released in 2012 by the publisher The Op Games ? (The game is a modern update of an older Dutch and German family game called Pim Pam Pet, which dates back to 1933. Tapple stands for "Touch Activated Press and Play Letter Eliminator".)

Did you know the View-Master was invented in 1938 by William Gruber, a piano repairman and avid photographer, and Harold Graves of Sawyer's Photographic Services, and it officially debuted to the public at the 1939 New York World's Fair as a scenic alternative to the traditional postcard ? (Originally marketed to adults as an educational souvenir for armchair travel, it let users click through 3D Kodachrome color images of famous sites. Over time, the device was redesigned for children and became a nostalgic staple around the world.)

Did you know the Uke-A-Doodle was invented in 1947 by the toy company Mattel (then known as Mattel Creations) ? (It's a Child-sized, colorful plastic toy ukulele featuring marbleized plastic and fun tropical decals like a hula girl or palm tree. It was the very first musical toy made by Mattel, launching their staple business in toy instruments.)

Did you know Tiddlywinks was invented in 1888 by Joseph Assheton Fincher in London, England? (He applied for a patent for the parlour game in late 1888 and trademarked the name "Tiddledy-Winks" in 1889. In the 1890's the game became a massive adult social craze and parlor fad in England and the United States before evolving into a popular children's game. In 1955 students at Christ's College, Cambridge, revived the game into a serious competitive sport with formal rules.)

Did you know Sky Dancers were invented in the fall of 1992 by toy inventor John Gentile, alongside his twin brother Anthony and partner Marty Abrams of Abrams Gentile Entertainment, and then was manufactured and released by Galoob in 1994 ? (It was inspired when John Gentile watched his daughters play with spinning maple helicopter seeds falling from trees. The creators initially named the concept "Twirlies" before choosing the final name.)