{"id":281613,"date":"2024-06-07T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=281613"},"modified":"2024-06-06T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:01:33","slug":"vegas-myths-busted-this-is-the-worlds-tallest-thermometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-myths-busted-this-is-the-worlds-tallest-thermometer\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The ‘World\u2019s Tallest Thermometer’"},"content":{"rendered":"
EDITOR\u2019S NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition.\u00a0<\/em>Today\u2019s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Sept. 4, 2023.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n
The “world\u2019s tallest thermometer” in Baker, Calif., is a liar.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not that there\u2019s a taller thermometer somewhere in the world robbed of its rightful title. It\u2019s that the spectacle that towers over the Mad Greek Caf\u00e9, a dozen gas stations, and everything else in the Mojave Desert town two-thirds of the drive up Interstate 15 from LA to Vegas isn\u2019t a working thermometer.<\/em><\/p>\n