Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL faxing was invented before the telephoneen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down14
arrow-up1272arrow-down1external-linkTIL faxing was invented before the telephoneen.wikipedia.orgSilverchase@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareTheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 days agoMost people don’t believe me when I say the Fax machine was invented in 1843… And no that’s not a typo
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-212 days agoWell yeah, that’s true, but also, have to bear in mind it wasn’t exactly the same. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_telegraph Lead me to read more about it. Some people used to read the news from the radio, lol. Children read a wirelessly transmitted newspaper in 1938.
Most people don’t believe me when I say the Fax machine was invented in 1843… And no that’s not a typo
Well yeah, that’s true, but also, have to bear in mind it wasn’t exactly the same.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_telegraph
Lead me to read more about it. Some people used to read the news from the radio, lol.