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Jigsaw Puzzles Were Toys for Rich Kids

Told by The Curators · July 9, 2026

Jigsaw puzzles started as toys for rich kids. Before they became something we do on quiet nights and rainy days, they were expensive wooden maps used to teach wealthy children geography. A lesson about breaking the world apart somehow became the thing we use to put things back together. The secret history of the jigsaw puzzle.

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