The Oldest Recorded Joke Is About 4,000 Years Old
A Sumerian proverb from around 1900 BCE is considered the earliest known joke.
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The Laugh Track Was Invented in the 1950s
Charley Douglass built a machine of recorded laughs known as the laff box to add audience reaction to TV shows.
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Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp Made Silent Comedy Global
The character first appeared in 1914 and became one of the most recognized figures in film.
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The Word Humor Comes From the Latin for Fluid
Ancient medicine believed that four bodily fluids, or humors, shaped a person's temperament.
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Aristotle Wrote About Comedy in His Poetics
The part of the work that dealt with comedy has been lost.