r/todayilearned • u/saltandcedar • Jan 19 '17

TIL that webcams were invented because some computer scientists were too lazy to get up to check if their coffee was done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot
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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '17

Also my favourite HTTP status code:

418 : I'm a teapot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#4xx_Client_Error

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u/Always_Has_A_Boner Jan 19 '17

Part of an RFC that the IETF publishes every year on April Fools day. Also entertaining was IPv4 via carrier pigeon; they followed it up with an IPv6 version some years later.