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Subject: Re: Wednesday -- British Facts of the Day
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"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
news:013v25tnp2nsnebk33pt333sev7rda0en0@4ax.com:
> 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
>
Nasty LOL.
Mecury.
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