10 Historic Facts That Show Unexpected Sides of the Past

5. Selfie fashion

The first selfie in the world made by photographer Robert Cornelius in 1839.

It seems that selfies have only appeared recently, but in fact, people started taking them almost right after photography appeared. The first known selfie was made in 1839. In the beginning, it wasn’t easy to take a selfie: because of the long exposure, one had to freeze for a little bit of time and not move, otherwise, the photo would look terrible. And the first photo that was made using a tripod was taken in 1925.

A selfie of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia that was made in 1914 using a mirror and a Kodak Brownie camera