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How Rigged Monopoly Sets Helped World War II Prisoners Of War Escape

How Rigged Monopoly Sets Helped World War II Prisoners Of War Escape

Whenever I play Monopoly, sure, I’m playing to survive — well, survive the shame that inevitably befalls the worst player on the board. But a new report says the game did a lot more for prisoners of war during World War II, who used rigged sets to escape to freedom. Now that’s survival of the fittest. Or at least the cleverest. [More]