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How to manufacture a billionaire childhood

My First Million

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Dan Brown's Childhood Treasure Maps Shaped His Novels

  • Dan Brown's father hid gifts behind treasure maps to spark puzzle-solving in young Dan, which directly influenced his cipher-driven novels.
  • That childhood treasure-hunt ritual seeded Brown's lifelong obsession with codes and story puzzles like The Da Vinci Code.
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