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THANKS, John Spilsbury... 1000 Times Thank You For Inventing Puzzles!

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THANKS, John Spilsbury... 1000 Times Thank You For Inventing Puzzles!

Who was he? How did he do it? Why did he do it? OK, everyone, stop tweeting and cool down. Let me ‘Spilsbury’ the beans … (lol) Answers are coming in hot.  Mr Spilsbury was a British cartographer and engraver. He was assistant to the official geographer of King George III in the 1700s. One day he cut up one of his wood-mounted maps into the Kingdoms of Europe. He thought it would be a good way to help school kids remember their geography. It became a little more than a fun lesson. The concept was clearly monetisable, and Johnno...

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