by cynr100 » Sun Sep 16, 2012 12:24 pm
Copper Wire Facts
After having dug to a depth of 3 metres last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the British, in the weeks that followed, an American archaeologist dug to a depth of 6 metres, and shortly after, a story was published in the New York Times: "American archaeologists, finding traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the British".
One week later, Australia’s Northern Territory Times, reported the following: "After digging as deep as 10 metres in his backyard in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Billi Bunji, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely . .. .
.. . sweet-b...ger-all!!
Billi has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Australia had already gone wireless."
. . . makes ya feel proud to be Australian!
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