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TIL that Sir John Tenniel, famed Alice illustrator and Punch cartoonist, drew the 1851 Happy Families card game for Jaques of London. Shown at the Great Exhibition, it was a hit. Nearly lost in the Blitz, it survived thanks to designs preserved in the factory's safe.

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