Thomas Edison was involved in the creation of the first cat video, recorded in his Black Maria Studio in 1894. The 22-second clip shows two cats boxing with gloves and a harness. YouTube now has over 25 million cat videos, which are popular among introverted viewers and can improve mood and decrease stress.
Is there anything Thomas Edison didn’t at least have a hand in inventing? Sure, we all know about the phonograph, the light bulb, the movie projector, and so on, but if you go online to YouTube and search for “1894 boxing cats,” your results will reveal that Edison was directly involved in the birth of the ever-popular cat video. . The 22-second clip, originally recorded on film at Edison’s Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey, shows two cats in a fenced ring. They wear boxing gloves on their front legs and stand on their hind feet with the help of a harness. They fight briefly as an official of some sort sits outside the ring, watching. The original film is held in the Library of Congress, which lists its title as “The boxing cats (Prof. Welton’s).” In addition to Welton, the list of “Contributors” includes “Thomas A. Edison, Inc.”
Can’t get enough cat videos:
YouTube offers more than 25 million clips listed as “cat videos.”
A study by Indiana University’s Jessica Gall Myrick suggests that the reason cats make the best dogs on YouTube is that most viewers are introverts, and introverts tend to prefer cats.
Myrick’s study also found that many cat video viewers experienced a decrease in stress and an improvement in overall mood.
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