Hoo, BOY, talk about yer Intarwebz rabbit holes! This one got me, and I mean but GOOD. First, it was this:
12 Stimulating Facts About Coffee
10 of 12 The First Webcam Was Invented For a Coffee PotWe can credit coffee-craving inventors for creating the first webcam. In the early 1990s, computer scientists working at the University of Cambridge grew tired of trekking to the office kitchen for a cup of joe only to find the carafe in need of a refill. The solution? They devised a makeshift digital monitor — a camera that uploaded three pictures per minute of the coffee maker to a shared computer network — to guarantee a fresh pot of coffee was waiting the moment their mugs emptied. By November 1993, the in-house camera footage made its internet debut, and viewers from around the globe tuned in to watch the grainy, real-time recording. The world’s first webcam generated so much excitement that computer enthusiasts even traveled to the U.K. lab to see the setup in real life. In 2003, the coffee pot sold at auction for nearly $5,000.
Next, I scrolled on down to…
6 Colossal Facts About the Hoover Dam
2 of 6 Building the Dam Meant First Building an Entire CityConstructing a large-scale dam meant hiring a massive workforce: By the end of the project, the employee roster swelled to 21,000 people. An average day had 3,500 workers reporting to the construction site, though that number rose during busy periods, like in June 1934, when as many as 5,218 men reported to the jobsite per day. Bringing in that many workers (and their families) meant the federal government had to have a plan — which is how the town of Boulder City, Nevada, came to exist.
In December 1928, President Calvin Coolidge authorized the creation of Boulder City on federal land specifically to house workers. Construction of the town’s buildings began in 1931. Families were housed in cottages, while single men slept in dormitories, and meals were provided in a jumbo-sized mess hall that served 6,000 meals per day. Boulder City was also equipped with a state-of-the-art hospital to handle jobsite accidents, a fire department, a train station, and a movie theater.
After that, there was this.
15 Geography Facts You’ve Always Wondered About
13 of 15 Where Does One Ocean End and Another Begin?Despite being divided into sub-oceans, there is only one ocean in the world, which scientists refer to as the “world ocean.” Historically, cartographers and government officials found it helpful to divide the massive ocean into smaller entities, which is how the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, and Indian Oceans were named. More recently, the ocean surrounding Antarctica, dubbed the Southern Ocean, has been added to the list. Despite being located in different regions, there is actually no way to tell when one ocean ends and the other begins — because the ocean is a singular continuous body of water. However, there is one exception to this rule. The Southern Ocean is radically different from the rest, with a strong current that surrounds it and notably frigid water, making it easier to recognize where this sub-ocean begins.
Cool, no? And STILL, I’m only halfway down the page. I warn you, folks: do NOT click on the link above unless you have nothing whatever to do, and all day to do it in.
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Once upon ago, you could still see pill boxes above Hoover Dam, leftovers from WWII. They were built with native rock so they blended in with the terrain. I first saw them less than 20 years after the war. Of course, they may still be there. It’s been a few decades since I checked.
You, of all people, should know that the best way to get the type of readers that frequent this site to do something is to tell them that they shouldn’t…
Indeed so, T. Just don’t say I didn’t warn ya… 😀
In fact, now that I think about it, I am reminded of what my dad always used to say about me: 1) that the quickest and surest way to get me to do anything at all was to expressly forbid it, and 2) that I would argue with a friggin’ stop sign. I can only plead guilty to both those charges.
“I warn you, folks: do NOT click on the link above”
It’s so damn hard to see most will think you are preventing them from doing so 🙂