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submitted 11 months ago by to c/historymemes@piefed.social
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[–] 215 points 11 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Was there a phone line network intact enough to send a fax from Japan to the United States........?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Wouldn't have been phone at that point, it'd be wired telegraph. Which I don't need to elaborate did not go from Japan to the United States but there were exiled Samurai kicking around in Spanish territory for a bit even into the 1800s so possibly one of them could've visited the US and sent Lincoln a Fax. Also I think the king of Siam tried to give the Union war elephants during the Civil War which is much weirder.

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