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, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, and Stan Iwanchuk
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