The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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Donkey Kong was Mario's pet that he'd abused. Donkey Kong kidnapped Mario's girlfriend as revenge for the mistreatment.
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As of 2011, gamers have collectively spent over 6 million years playing World of Warcraft. That's almost as long as the existence of the human species!
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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In Monopoly, the character locked behind the bars is called Jake the Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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The longest Monopoly game in history lasted 70 straight days.
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The chocobo in Final Fantasy was based on a real creature called a “Gastornis” that existed 45 million years ago.
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