““Fred Ott’s Sneeze” by the Edison Manufacturing Company was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States. In the five-second film, one of Thomas Edison’s assistants, Fred Ott, takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. The film was recorded between January 2, 1894 and January 7, 1894″
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bless you! only took 116 years!
Why did he even bother with his hanky? “Ott’s snot”, more like.