0:00:00 > 0:00:02See you.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18Morning guys, it's Monday, I'm Martin and first up,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21we have a big question for you - who invented the selfie?
0:00:21 > 0:00:22Whitney's been finding out.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Watch this.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26The selfie.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30We all take them, some of us more than others,
0:00:30 > 0:00:32but the big question is, who invented the selfie and why?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Now, that's a really good question, John.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38A really good big question, so I've done some research and come
0:00:38 > 0:00:41up with a few answers.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Lots of people claim to have invented the first selfie.
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Last year, celebrity Paris Hilton claimed that this picture
0:00:46 > 0:00:49was the first selfie ever taken.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Social media were not happy about this -
0:00:51 > 0:00:53they concluded that maybe that was a bit crazy,
0:00:53 > 0:00:56and of course that she didn't.
0:00:56 > 0:01:02I can now reveal the first selfie was taken by a man named...
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Robert Cornelius.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09The 30-year-old took it outside his lamp shop in America in 1839,
0:01:09 > 0:01:14so that is who invented the selfie.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18But the word 'selfie' has a different history.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21So let's fast-forward to 2002, when the word 'selfie' was born.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24A guy in Australia took a photo of his lip that he had cut
0:01:24 > 0:01:31and wrote, "Sorry about the focus, it was a selfie."
0:01:31 > 0:01:34In Australia, I don't know if you know, but they tend to add
0:01:34 > 0:01:37'ies' at the end of their sentences, ie barbies, sunnies,
0:01:37 > 0:01:41so it's not that surprising, is it?
0:01:41 > 0:01:44By 2012, the word 'selfie' became widespread, and by 2013 it entered
0:01:44 > 0:01:47the dictionary and became the word of the year.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50It even has its own day in June, National Selfie Day.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56So remember that the next time you're taking a selfie.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00If you're a big fan of sports like skiing, snowboarding,
0:02:00 > 0:02:04and ice hockey then you'll probably be very excited that
0:02:04 > 0:02:06there's now just 17 days until the Winter Olympics begins
0:02:06 > 0:02:08in South Korea.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11And I'm very excited to have two of Team GB's skeleton racers
0:02:11 > 0:02:12in the studio with me!
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Laura Deas and reigning Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold are both
0:02:16 > 0:02:19heading to PyeongChang in less than two weeks.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Let's see them both in action...
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Come on Lizzie, last corner!
0:02:24 > 0:02:32Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic champion!
0:02:38 > 0:02:42One woman stood between the Germans and a wash of the podium,
0:02:42 > 0:02:50Great Britain's Laura Deas, a great first start.
0:02:53 > 0:03:01And a delighted Laura Deas...
0:03:03 > 0:03:07We are hoping to see that excitement in the Olympic Games! Let's talk
0:03:07 > 0:03:11about the skeleton, what is it? It is an unusual name for a sport, can
0:03:11 > 0:03:15you describe what it is?The skeleton
0:03:15 > 0:03:16you describe what it is?The skeleton sled is what we lie on to
0:03:16 > 0:03:21go down the track. It weighs about 30 kilos so it is really heavy and
0:03:21 > 0:03:25it's about this tour from the ground, so quite big, and it is
0:03:25 > 0:03:29called the skeleton because inside there is a basic steel structure, a
0:03:29 > 0:03:35bar at the top and two down the side. The top one is like your
0:03:35 > 0:03:39shoulders, the bottom one is like your spine, it is like a human
0:03:39 > 0:03:44skeleton.That makes sense! You both did different sports before
0:03:44 > 0:03:48skeleton, Lizzie I think you did heptathlon and Laura you were
0:03:48 > 0:03:55equestrian? How do you go from that to being on the ice?It seems like a
0:03:55 > 0:04:01strange transition but we both came through a UK Sport scheme called
0:04:01 > 0:04:07Goals For Gold which was designed to find athletes who might be suitable
0:04:07 > 0:04:11for Olympic sports and skeleton was one of them so we went through
0:04:11 > 0:04:14selection trials not necessarily knowing what we might be best suited
0:04:14 > 0:04:17for, then we were asked to try skeleton and went from there,
0:04:17 > 0:04:23really.This is your first Olympics, how are you feeling?Exciting,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27because I have been giving the sport than nine years now and this has
0:04:27 > 0:04:31always been my goal, so to finally be on the plane to Pyeongchang next
0:04:31 > 0:04:36week is really exciting.Lizzie, you must be pretty excited, current
0:04:36 > 0:04:42Olympic champion, how feeling?It is crazy because if you told
0:04:42 > 0:04:45ten-year-old me that I would be selected for my second Winter
0:04:45 > 0:04:50Olympic Games, I would not have believed you! So I can't wait to go
0:04:50 > 0:04:54out there, defend my title and did my absolute best and enjoyed the
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Winter Olympics.Thank you very much for coming in, and good luck.
0:04:58 > 0:05:06That's it from us - we'll be back in just over half-an-hour.