Before The Internet Was All About Dumpster Fires, There Was The Creation Of The Dumpster

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

It was this month in 1936 that a guy in Knoxville, Tennessee started promoting his newly-invented giant trash receptacle, named the dumpster. Plus: there's apparently a new effort in northern China to keep nighttime drivers awake and alert with a series of colorful laser patterns shining over the road.

Dempster Dumpster (Fire) (Visit Knoxville)

Congratulations, everybody: ‘Dumpster fire’ is now a dictionary entry, and here’s why (Washington Post)

These Laser Lightshows On Chinese Highway Are Meant To Keep Drivers Awake (Jalopnik)

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