A strange little side quest
If Around the World in 80 days sends you down a curiosity rabbit hole, start here. Arthur Wynne published a diamond-shaped 'Word-Cross' in the New York World on December 21, 1913; the name later shifted to 'Cross-Word' and then 'crossword'. It also connects to a different milestone: Spacewar! appeared on MIT's PDP-1 in 1962 and became one of the earliest influential computer games shared among programmers. So a round of Around the World in 80 days is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer puzzles timeline.
