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Duncan Toys Company is an American toy manufacturer based in Middlefield, Ohio. [1] The company was founded in 1929 by Donald F. Duncan Sr. and purchased the Flores Yo-Yo Company from Pedro Flores, who brought the yo-yo to the United States from the Philippines.
The word yo-yo probably comes from the Ilocano term yóyo, or a cognate word from the Philippines. [1] [2]Boy playing with a terracotta yo-yo, Attic kylix, c. 440 BC, Antikensammlung Berlin (F 2549) A 1791 illustration of a woman playing with an early version of the yo-yo, which was then called a "bandalore" Lady with a yo-yo, Northern India (Rajasthan, Bundi or Kota), c. 1770 Opaque ...
After being disappointed by his result in the 2014 West Coast Yo-Yo Contest, Nagao sought to learn more about the judging system. Over the next few years, he mastered various aspects of the system, allowing him to do better every year. After his performance at the 2015 National Yo-Yo Contest, Nagao was sponsored by Yoyofactory. [citation needed]
Year(s) Event name Governing body Note 1932 World Yo-Yo Championship Reportedly held in England, United Kingdom.: 1992–1995 Yo-Yo Championships International Jugglers' Association
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The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.
Pedro Edralin Flores (26 April 1896 – 3 January 1964) [1] was a Filipino businessman and yo-yo maker who has been credited with popularizing yo-yos in the United States.He patented an innovation to yo-yos that used a loop instead of a knot around the axle, allowing for new tricks such as the ability to "sleep".
SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics' preliminary fourth-quarter operating profit missed estimates by a large margin, with the South Korean tech giant hit hard by extra costs as it works towards ...