Monopoly has been around for decades
and will likely be around for decades to come. The fun facts
surrounding Monopoly are many. Below, a few truly interesting
ones are listed.
The official mascot of Monopoly
is Rich Uncle Pennybags. He was renamed Mr. Monopoly in 1998.
Marvin Gardens, a property on a
yellow square, is actually misspelled. The proper spelling is
Marven Gardens. Parker Brothers apologized for the error in
1995.
St. Charles Place does not exist
in modern times.
$15,140 of play money is
available in every Monopoly set.
The values on the Monopoly game
board and Title Deed cards have never been adjusted for
inflation.
Maps, compasses and money were
smuggled to POWs during WWII through Monopoly.
The longest game lasted 70 days
(over 1600 hours).
Monopoly was popular in Cuba
until Fidel Castro demanded that all Monopoly game boards be
destroyed.
Monopoly is designed in 27
languages and is available in 81 countries.
Thailand offers the newest
edition of Monopoly.
An edition in Braille was
developed for the blind in the 1970s. It never was officially
released to the public.
A chocolate version of the
Monopoly game board retailed for $600 in the late 1970s.
Two students from the University
of Michigan painted the Monopoly game board on the ceiling of
their dorm room. The tokens were helium balloons.
Kabel is the typeface used on
the Monopoly game board and logo.
A Toyota Prius is one of the
newest tokens in the most recent Here and Now Edition of
Monopoly.
