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Oldest known artificial eye:

Found in the skeleton of a young woman from the burnt City of Zahedan in Iran, it is 4,800 years old.

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Oldest known photographic hoax:

One of the world first fake photos, “Self Portrait as a Drowned Man”, 1840.

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Oldest known photograph of lightning:

William Jennings was curious if lightning really took on a zigzag shape like it was depicted in art. So on September 2nd, 1882, he took this picture,after many attempts.

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The first photograph of people drinking:

Taken in 1844 by David Octavius Hill, it shows him and a few of his friends enjoying three glasses of Edinburgh ale, it might even be the first ever picture of a party!

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First photograph of a fatal plane crash:

Only a few short years after the Wright Brothers’ historic flight, in 1903, the first fatal plane crash occurred and was captured on camera. Thomas Selfridge, a member of the Aerial Experiment Association, had the unfortunate distinction to become the first person to die in a powered plane.