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Is Nothing Sacred?

Now it turns out that Alexander Graham Bell didn't invent the telephone. According to the story, he stole it from an Italian inventor.

Maybe the guy had trouble proving it worked, because he kept waving the receiver around as he talked...

"Venire qui, Watsone--tu ho bisogno di..."

"Potrebbe ripetere per favore?"

"Watsone?"

Posted by Rand Simberg at June 17, 2002 11:17 AM
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