→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut How Did Jeans Become Popular? https://youtu.be/O1eUwpO76Pw?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k The Numerous Bodies Recently Found in Ben Franklin’s Basement https://youtu.be/tp61Yrj5lTA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: Fireman’s poles, sometimes simply referred to as “fire poles” are a staple of fictional fire-fighting and Ghostbusting. Though these devices have helped save real world firefighters valuable seconds over the decades, they’re now in a strange state of flux and nobody really knows if they’re going to be phased out or not. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/08/firemans-poles-really-thing/ Sources: http://archive.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/04/dayintech_0421 http://io9.com/the-crack-team-that-invented-the-firemans-pole-1114214319 http://www.texaninsurance.com/client-service/blog/entryid/2944/the-firepole-how-firefighters-move-quickly http://priceonomics.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-firemans-pole/ http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2039352,00.html https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CIdg6JwSdtMC&pg=PA200&dq=David+Kenyon+fire+pole&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAzgKahUKEwiu0ZKR86DHAhWDChoKHfmOClw#v=onepage&q=David%20Kenyon%20fire%20pole&f=false http://www.academia.edu/5076371/Chicagos_Engine_Company_21_An_Experiment_with_Interracial_Democracy_in_an_Era_of_Reconstructions_1872-1927 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8m7T-DIwZn8C&pg=PA129&lpg=PA129&dq=fireman%27s+pole+trousers&source=bl&ots=fSC-ruQIlj&sig=haZGouN_4MY-JW__inMyFVVsM_Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CF8Q6AEwDWoVChMIk73a2IahxwIVxFYaCh1ajwFZ#v=onepage&q=firema