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Victorians watched animation by staring into mirrors
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Nineteenth-century entertainment was mostly just finding new ways to give yourself a migraine. To watch the very first animation loops, upper-class citizens spun a slotted cardboard disc and aggressively stared into a parlor mirror until the optical illusion tricked their brains into seeing a demon endlessly swallowing a man.
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