Forty-four Allied countries helped design the postwar monetary system in 1944.

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Forty-four Allied countries helped design the postwar monetary system in 1944.

Delegates from 44 Allied nations met at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, from 1 to 22 July 1944. Their agreements laid the foundations for the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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Nintendo was founded in 1889 to sell handmade playing cards.

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