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[โ€“] glorkon@lemmy.world 214 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)

I like this one (not mine):

  • The samurai were abolished as a caste in Japanese society during the Meiji restoration in 1867
  • The first ever fax machine, the "printing telegraph", was invented in 1843
  • Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865

=> There was a 22 year window in which samurais could have sent a fax to Abraham Lincoln.

[โ€“] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 5 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_submarines

And they could've done it from french submarines.

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