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2022-10-04 02:41:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7D0066CF54F21E9D76B20A3EDEF89CD99ABCF82872CE87E2EB480A6074E47C9C
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There are many photos of cats that were made prior to 1880. This Twitter thread displays many: https://twitter.com/fakehistoryhunt/status/1488242903113736197?s=12 Here’s Snopes on the topic: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/worlds-oldest-cat-photo/ Example earlier cat photo in Harvard’s Houghton Library collection: https://images.hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=HVD_VIAolvwork163341&context=L&vid=HVD_IMAGES&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US
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