Thomas Edison records silent movie of his friend doing bicycle tricks (1899)

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Nonsense fact of the day: Thomas Edison and I share the same birthday.

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I had no idea Mr. Edison was so extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeme.

In fact, that was so extreme that I now feel compelled to go drink a Mountain Dew.

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Cute remake.

written by Krupo

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Wow thats better than Tony Hawk

written by Anliz

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Heh, that's the day I got laid off from my first fulltime job.

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Wow... the Tony Hawk of bicycles! :-)

written by bnsa

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actually, edison was behind the camera. that is not him riding it. he was 53 in 1899.

library of congress info: http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/varstg:@field(NUMBER(0836))

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Title changed from "Silent movie of Thomas Edison doing bicycle tricks (1899)" per sfjocko's request

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9.6

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*vintage

Amazing to see one of the very first recordings of video ever.

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Video added to vintage channel (vintage called by gold star member lucky760)

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