Robert Cornelius
publication date: Monday, August 31, 2015 (part of Fall 2015)
category: 
Fads
clue: His selfie received zero likes or comments, because he took it more than a century and a half before Facebook was invented.
explanation: Cornelius, a photographer, took the world's first selfie in 1839. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, and Stan Iwanchuk
Similar Goos
Franz Mesmer
This German physician's magnetic personality allowed him to control his patients by dangling a watch and telling them that they were getting very sleepy. Go »
Zack Hample
It takes a lot of balls to write a book telling people how to catch up to your collection. Go »
Mick Jagger
If you're trying to solve a goo that no one else can, you won't get no satisfaction from this singer of "Paint It Black" and "Sympathy for the Devil." Go »
Charles Ponzi
Italians weren't known for pyramids, until this con artist came along. Go »
Jenny Lawson
She would probably like to pretend that some of her more embarrassing blog posts never happened. Go »
