1. Peanuts was always the title of the strip.

2. The “little red-haired girl” Charlie Brown pined after was based on a real person.

3. The first Peanuts strip was published in 1950.

4. Snoopy did not appear in the strip until 1955.

5. Charlie Brown has always been depicted with his iconic yellow zigzag shirt.

6. A Charlie Brown Christmas marked the first time the Peanuts characters were animated.

7. Schroeder debuted without his piano.

8. Schulz used only pen and ink to create the strip.

9. Schulz did not live to see his final strip published.