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the spinning heart of cinema, fishing, and your doomscrolling thumb — all named for going in circles

film originOld reels held ~1000 feet, roughly eleven minutes of film
dance formScottish and Irish reels predate the cinema by centuries
to reelMeans to stagger dizzily, like after bad news
fishingBait-casting reels date back to 17th-century China
modern biteInstagram launched Reels in 2020 chasing TikTok
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