First webcam was invented because of COFFEE

Yesterday was International Coffee Day!

(image credit: mentalfloss.com)

Logically, I celebrated by purchasing a darn good cup of specialty brewed latte. I gloated over the fact that I, and I alone, was aware of the exclusive holiday. My euphoria lasted, well, precisely till 9:36 a.m. this morning when I mentioned nonchalantly to a co-worker, “Did you know yesterday was international coffee day?”

“Oh yes,” he answered perkily, “Did you go get free coffee at La Colombe?”

No… I did not know that. I also did not know that McDonald was handing out free small cup of coffee. And no, I did not know Dunkin’ Donut was giving out free medium cup of coffee.

Failed.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed an amusing read from United Airlines’ Hemisphere Magazine (June 2014) on coffee beans. My favorite fact?

In 1991, the first webcam in the world was created at Cambridge University, to keep tabs on the level of an office coffee maker. 

Coffee US statistics (image credit: Hemispheres Magazine)

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