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From: "::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org>
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Subject: Re: Wednesday -- British Facts of the Day
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Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:34:53 -0500
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On 10 Jun 2009 09:33:10 GMT, WingedMessenger <Boy@FlyingHigh.com>
wrote:
>"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
>news:b6nu255h2chfa9eocoudkp7o4jqjf9kl9o@4ax.com:
>
>>
>> British Fact of the day...
>>
>>
>> The steamship and the telegraph, new technologies invented in the
>> second half of the 19th century, underpinned British imperial
>> strength, allowing it to control and defend the sprawling empire. By
>> 1902, the British Empire was linked together by a network of telegraph
>> cables, the so-called All Red Line.
>>
>> ======================================
>>
>> The British Empire survived long enough to witness the American War of
>> Independence, the Napoleonic Wars, and both World Wars.
>>
>> ======================================
>>
>
>AND the entry of Mercury into service LOL.
>
>Mercuiry.
At which time, the British Empire waned.
lol,
darkshadows
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