Did you know while the exact origin of Baccarat is unclear, most believe the game was first invented in 1500's Rome, Italy? (Historians say that the game was created by Felix Falguiere. Falguiere named the game "baccara" meaning "zero" in Italian. This is in reference to the value of the cards in the game.)

Did you know the modern pogo stick was developed in Germany, with early jumping stilts patented there in 1920 ? (The concept was introduced to the U.S. in 1919 when a New York store imported wooden versions. The iconic, double-handled metal pogo stick we know today was patented by George Hansburg in 1957.)

Did you know the Cranium game was invented in 1998 by the former Microsoft executives Richard Tait and Whit Alexander ? (They oversaw growth and operations until 2008, when it was acquired by Hasbro for $77.5 million after selling 44 million copies. Initially, Cranium was sold through Amazon.com and the Starbucks coffee chain, then-novel idea.)

Did you know the first Baby Alive doll was released in 1973 by the Kenner toy company ? (It was a groundbreaking toy designed to simulate the messy, demanding realities of infant care by allowing children to "feed" it water and food packets, which would then pass through the doll into a diaper.Baby Alive has undergone several redesigns over the decades. Hasbro acquired Kenner in the 1990s and revamped the doll line in 2006 to include animatronic features, speech, and softer faces.)

Did you know the history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India? (From India it spread to Persia, where it was modified in terms of shapes and rules and developed into shatranj. Following the Arab invasion and conquest of Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Europe via Spain and Italy.)