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Do any two tigers have the same stripes?

No two tigers have the same stripe pattern, so researchers can identify individual wild tigers from camera trap photos almost like fingerprints.

Vladimir Zworykin developed the iconoscope, an early electronic camera tube for television.

"I Love Lucy" helped pioneer filming with three cameras in front of a live audience, which preserved episodes on film and made reruns possible.

"The Big Bang Theory," which aired from 2007 to 2019 with 279 episodes, is the longest-running multi-camera sitcom in history.

Some experts think Johannes Vermeer may have used a camera obscura.

The hole-card camera, which lets TV viewers see players' hidden cards, helped make poker a popular TV sport.

The Sharp J-SH04, released in Japan in 2000, is generally considered the first commercially sold camera phone.