A few months back, Gizmodo posted a video by VSauce on the subject of clapping as a form of expression. At about the five minute point in the VSauce video, they talk about how in the early 19th century people hired themselves out as professional “claques.” They would learn operas and then applaud and laugh […]
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:35PM on October 23, 2013