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One of the first webcams was set up to watch a coffee pot.

Scientists at the University of Cambridge pointed a camera at the Trojan Room coffee pot so they didn't walk there to find it empty. It went on the web in 1993.

Source: Wikipedia: Trojan Room coffee pot

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