The First Vending Machine Hacked Liquor Laws: The Puss and Mew
It is fair to say that many technologies have been influenced by human vices. What you may not realize is that vending machines saw their dawn in this way, the first vending machine was created to serve booze. Specifically, it was created to serve gin, the tipple of choice of the early 18th century. it was created as a hack to get around a law that made it harder to sell alcoholic drinks. It was the first ever vending machine: the Puss and Mew.
England in the early 18th century was a drunken place. Because there were few reliable safe …read more
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