Telephone Networks

After having dug 100m, British scientists found signs of copper wiring dated 2000 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network.

The following week, the French—so as not to stay behind—dug 200m and the headline in the French newspaper was: After having dug 200m, French scientists found signs of optical fibers dated 3000 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a very high-tech telephone network.

One week later, the Lebanese press reported that: After having dug 100m, Lebanese scientists found nothing and concluded that 5000 years ago their ancestors were already using cellular phones.

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