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Aug 2021
20m 53s

Do Not Pass Go

A Kids Co.
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Is it true the longest Monopoly game ever played was 70 days long? Follow the fact-finding journey with today’s guest Brittany Dunn, an adjudicator for Guinness World Records.

Do you have a fact you’d like us to investigate? Write to us at listen@akidspodcastabout.com. And check out other podcasts made for kids just like you by visiting akidsco.com.  

You can learn more about Guinness World Records by visiting www.guinnessworldrecords.com

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