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NICK EICHER, HOST: Three new toys have taken a place of honor in the National Toy Hall of Fame.

Among the new inductees: American Girl Dolls.

Another is one of the most popular board games of all time.

AUDIO: Risk … with the game and win the world.

Parker Bros. released Risk in the United States all the way back in 1959.

But the third inductee has been around even longer than that! It’s sand.

Yes, sand, as in granular rock and mineral particles.

Not flashy, but popular with kids—and for a long time—well, probably as long as there have been kids.

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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