Historical figures' first toys
Updated | By tanstan fourie

On Wednesday on East Coast Breakfast we told you about the first toys that were enjoyed by Good Guy Gabe, Nararah from Afara - and me.
It got me to thinking; is there a link to who you become as an adult based on the toys you had as a kid?
So I trawled the inter-web for details on some of my favourite historical figures to see if there was anything to this theory.
I wasn't able to glean anything significant but it was fascinating none the less.
Here is the list of historical people and what their first toy was...
Einstein: compass
Madela: slingshot
Neil Armstrong: toy plane
Helen Suzman: toy cows
Steve Jobs: transistor radio
Louis Pasteur: sketching and painting
Joan of Arc
Leo da Vinci: Lyre
Napolean: small brass canon
Abraham Lincoln: wagon
Marie Curie: Memory games
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