Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1879, a bar owner in Ohio received a patent for an invention that changed the way we buy and sell things: the cash register. He did it to thwart his bartenders, who he suspected of putting money meant for him in their own pockets. Plus: a professor in South Korea reveals one place from which you probably shouldn't give an online lecture.  Nov. 4, 1879: Ka-Ching! The World's First Cash Register (WIRED) Professor holds online class while in bathtub (Korea Times) You don't have to put a lot of cash into the register to support our show on Patreon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support