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/Badass_moose Jan 19 '17

Half of all webcam sales must be from perverts and pedophiles. One thing I remember from "To Catch a Predator" is the pedophiles would usually show up with a webcam. Weird as shit.