Here’s How Memes Went Viral — In the 1800s
From wired.com: Thicker lines indicate more content-sharing between 19th century newspapers. Image: Ryan Cordell / Infectious texts project The story had everything — exotic locale, breathtaking engineering, Napoleon Bonaparte. No wonder the account of a lamplit flat-bottom boat journey through the Paris sewer went viral after it was published — on May 23, 1860. At […]