The world's first webcam was created to monitor a zoo.
Why it is true
In 1991, researchers at the University of Cambridge set up a camera pointed at the laboratory coffee pot so they would not have to walk there to see if there was coffee. The camera transmitted images to three local computers.
Source: University of Cambridge
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