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Get our free mobile app The Legendary Minnesotans this week are the three teachers who invented Oregon Trail. Thats a right. 3 Minnesota teachers, and Minnesota tech company, gave us one of the most beloved video games in the history of the USA. Oregon Trail Its not sexy, its not fancy, and as youre likely to die as you are to break a wagon wheel. But for some reason, hours and hours of gameplay did nothing to dull the love of Oregon Trail. How did it come about? First, we start with the state....

McDonalds/Justin Dodd If youre celebrating a 50th birthday or anniversary this year, youre in excellent company. From the first e-mail to McDonalds Quarter Pounder, 1971 was a year full of change. Here are 50 people, places, things, and events celebrating their own 50th birthday in 2021. 1. Walt Disney World Jacqueline Nell/Disneyland Resort, Getty Images Following the success of Disneyland in Anaheim, California, Walt Disney began searching for a location for a second theme park in 1959. After...

Here’s some ridiculous math for you: 2021 marks retro-gaming classic .  50th.  That’s five decades of killing schoolchildren by way of digital dysentery (incidentally, it’s also probably around a decade longer than most who crossed the actual trail survived). To celebrate, the internet has uncovered some old videos of the game’s creators, Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger, discussing their elementary classroom creation back in 1996 on the eve of the seminal game’s...