stackyFACTSYou were dangerously close to asking your friends to "play Pretzel" on a Friday night. The inventors loved the name, but Milton Bradley's lawyers panicked because another toy company had trademarked "Pretzel" for a toy dog, forcing them to pivot to the much better-sounding Twister.
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