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February 16 News Round-Up: Kindergarten in Tahrir Square, a No-Money Monopoly Game and Will & Kate To Visit Canada

What we’re reading today:

A new version of Monopoly is set to come out with no money, no dice and no chance cards. Instead, a computer in the middle of the board will run things. The New York Times reports that this is to make the classic boardgame more appealing for the video game-low attention span generation.

Tired of looking at your baby’s bald head? Baby’s head cold and a hat doesn’t quite cut it? Or maybe you just want your baby to fulfill her true purpose in her young, baby life: entertaining you. Check out this crochet wig pattern and craft your baby some yarn hair.

A pop-up kindergarten in Tahrir Square? Since all the Cairo schools were closed during the protests, and parents didn’t want to miss out on the protests, when the demonstrations calmed down a little, they simply brought the young ones along. Some genius demonstration organizers set up a makeshift kindergarten so the kids could take part in history. Via BoingBoing