The Telegraph
We may take for granted the countless ways we can ping someone at a moment’s notice: a text, a phone call, a tweet. Everything is right at our fingertips; so connecting with people across the globe or right next door can happen in a flash. And we can trace this instant communication back to January 6, 1838, when the telegraph was demonstrated for the first time.
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