Quiz Question: In Yellowstone’s early days, the Old Faithful geyser was used to…
The given options are:
- Do laundry
- Punish evildoers
- Tell time
Correct Answer: Do laundry
Info: While staying in the park in 1882, an Army regiment tossed their presumably stinky clothes into Old Faithful’s crater and waited patiently. The geyser reliably ejected load after load of ‘thoroughly washed’ laundry—the cotton were fine, but all the woolens were ‘torn to shreds.’ Where’s the warranty sticker on this thing?