After we opened the coffee shop, I worked the late shift. After closing up, I’d meet up with friends for happy hour food and drinks, and then end up back home killing time on the internet until five in the morning. I’d always end up falling down little Wikipedia or news site rabbit holes – some new place or event would catch my attention and I’d have to learn what I could about it.
At some point, I decided to starting sharing some of this new-found knowledge on Twitter. In the days of 140-character tweets, I’d try to condense an entire event down in to three tweets, and then hit send… usually around 2 o’clock in the morning. After a while, I created an account for these little history nugget tweets, at @2amhistory to make them easier to find. That account turned into a website – but not too much later, life happened and I dropped the ball before it even rolled very far.
So now it’s back. I’m trying to make the time to post new and interesting things. Go check it out at www.2amhistory.com and see what you think! If you find that kind of thing interesting and want to contribute, definitely hit me up – more weird history is better weird history!