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Show John Wilkes Booth the meaning of honorable conduct (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Explanation: It's been pointed out before that there's a small window of time in which the fax machine, the Samurai class, and Abraham Lincoln all coexisted, making it theoretically possible for a samurai to send a fax to Abraham Lincoln.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

But was there an undersea cable?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Japan wouldn't be connected by undersea telegraph cables until 1906, so our brave samurai will have to at least get to the Continental USA the old fashioned way.