this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Damn, that's interesting!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That's some impressive sleuthing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh that's wild. Its very intresting to see that in 1903 they hadn't settled on "electro-" as the prefix used to things with electricity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This is the best post I’ve seen all day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I love this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I was way more captivated by this than I expected to be. Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is what the internet should be for!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If invented in 2003, it probably would have had the name iBiscuit or eBiscuit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I love these kinds of posts!

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