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The first recorded human voice was French

Besides interesting facts this one is also linked with France; you know a 10-second fragment of the song Au Clair de la Lune was also recorded by French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville. He used a ‘phonautograph’, which permitted sounds to be recorded also visually. In 2008, the paper recording was also discovered in 2008 Paris, using modern science the clip was also played for the first time.