Prompt Cast
The History and Challenges of Jigsaw Puzzles
TLDR Jigsaw puzzles have a long history and have evolved from teaching tools to popular pastimes and marketing tools. They come in various sizes and levels of difficulty, with some puzzles being incredibly challenging and time-consuming to complete.
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The hosts discuss their personal experiences with jigsaw puzzles.
02:23
Sir John Spillsbury is credited with creating the first jigsaw puzzle in 1766 as a teaching tool for geography, but it quickly became a popular pastime and marketing tool.
04:45
There are jigsaw puzzles that are much larger than the one Kodaks claims is the world's largest, and some people prefer smaller puzzles that are more challenging, such as Ice Puzzle 9.
07:26
Ice Puzzle 9 is a small, nine-piece jigsaw puzzle that may look easy to solve, but is actually quite challenging and can take hours to complete.
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Jigsaw puzzle 29, made by Asaka, is particularly challenging because it has five corner pieces and all the pieces look exactly the same, making it difficult to determine where they fit.
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A man in England created the world's largest hand-cut wooden jigsaw puzzle, only for it to collapse after he had completed it, and it took him another 16 days to put it back together.
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In March of last year, over 1700 people formed the largest human jigsaw puzzle to raise awareness for autism spectrum disorder.
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