- The name "Tonka" trucks was named after Lake Minnetonka located in Minnesota. Tonka means "great" in Sioux.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In 1996, toy company Mattel released a "Harley Davidson" Barbie. This dolls distinctive feature is a birth mark on her face that changes position with every new release of the doll.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The game JENGA got it's name from the Swahili word which means "to build."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - It requires 63 feet of wire to make a Slinky toy.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Over 250 million Slinky toys have been sold since its debut in 1946.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Rubik's Cube was originally named the "Magic Cube." In 1980 Ideal Toys came up with the name "Rubik's Cube." The name "Gordian Knot" was also suggested.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Barbie was invented by Ruth Handler after watching her daughter play with baby dolls imagining them in grown up roles.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Soy crayons have been invented to replace wax crayons and one acre of soybeans can produce over 80,000 crayons.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The makers of Crayola produce over 2 billion crayons in a year.
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