Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 30, 2015
March 29, 2015
March 31, 2015
Transcript:
The world's first Webcam was created to monitor a coffee pot at Cambridge University! Artemia Salina, the brine shrimp known as sea monkeys, breathe through their feet and are born with just one eye! History revealed! In 2015, Paul Revere and Samuel Adams' 1795 time capsule was open using a porcupine quill and a vintage dental tool!
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Neo Stryder over 9 years ago
So Sea Monkeys do exist.
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
What was inside the Revere/Adams capsule? As for the first web cam, what it to monitor who drank all the coffee without having to brew another batch?
Mostly Water Premium Member over 9 years ago
gmartin, you will find out here:http://www.history.com/news/contents-of-boston-time-capsule-buried-by-samuel-adams-and-paul-revere-unveiled
Marblemouth over 9 years ago
Thyme, of course. Lots and lots of thyme.
CeeJay over 9 years ago
Good old sea monkeys! Just order them from the back page of your favorite comic book.
kevinzhang2101 over 9 years ago
Apparently in ye olde days of the interwebz, the coffee pot webcam was extremely popular
Mariposamia over 9 years ago
So, what was in the time capsule?
sdjamieson Premium Member over 9 years ago
Paul Revere, I believe, was a dentist, or at least a denturist. Don’t know the significance of the porcupine quill.
english.ann over 9 years ago
Makes sense that Paul Revere could very well have engraved a silver plaque; he WAS a silversmith, making objects out of silver.