5 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT LA – LOS ANGELES TOURS BLOG
First time in LA?
Welcome. You’re in excellent company, and automatically cooler for being out here. Hopefully, you’ll get discovered on this vacation, too. We’ve heard (and given you) the spiel before- Hollywood, Tinseltown, movie magic, paparazzi, glitterati, lifestyles of the rich and famous, etc.- LA is chock full of folklore, rumors, celebrity secrets, and salacious gossip. Want to experience it all in an up close and personal way? Hop on one of our popular Los Angeles Tours, and see LA your way. In the mean time, we want to add fuel to the fire and treat you to a few more juicy tidbits about LA that you may not know- someone call Deuxmoi and report some hot tips. Here are 5 things about Los Angeles you may not know-and where to spot them on our LA tours…
5 Facts About Los Angeles You Never Knew
EVERYTHING YOU’RE DOING RIGHT THIS SECOND (ie, Reading This Blog Post on The Internet (TM)) STARTED IN LA!
Photo by Caleb Lucas on Unsplash
Is your perfect day (other than cruising from West Hollywood to Santa Monica on an exclusive LA Tour on an electric bike, hint hint) switching between your best friends, The Screens (Big Screen= Computer, Little Screen= Phone) and surfin’ the NET? The Internet- everyone’s best friend and worst enemy, and an integral part of Los Angeles history. Did you kNOW that the very first internet signal/message was received in Los Angeles? Let me explain. The Internet has a birthday (WHAT?!) and if it had a birth certificate, the place of birth would be Los Angeles. On October 2nd, 1969, an operator at UCLA sent/attempted to send the first internet message (think 2000’s AIM, but a little earlier) from a server in Los Angeles to a computer in Menlo Park, CA. The operator attempted to write “LOGIN,” but only made it to “LO” before the server crashed. (“Login” allegedly…maybe they were really trying to just send “LOL”…we will never know!) The program the operators were using was called “ARPANET,” a precursor to the internet as we know it, and by the end of the year, Arpanet linked 10 computers nationwide. In honor of LA’s contribution to the Internet, text someone you care about a “LO” today.
See it on our Los Angeles Tours: Los Angeles Tour – You’ll pedal right past the beautiful UCLA campus, the transmission site for the first Internet message on our popular Los Angeles Tour!