stackyFACTSBefore crowded movie theaters, people enjoyed cinema by hunching over a wooden box like a gargoyle. These early viewers used a continuous loop of film passed rapidly over a light source, allowing only a single paying customer to awkwardly squint through a tiny hole at a galloping horse.
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