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by vanjoe 2997 days ago
It's kinda like Alexander Graham Bell, claimed by the Scots (in England they call him British) the Canadians and the Americans.
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>It's kinda like Alexander Graham Bell, claimed by the Scots (in England they call him British) the Canadians and the Americans.

... and "universally" (i.e. by the British, the Canadians and the US people) attributed the invention of the telephone, which was invented by an Italian, instead ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jun/17/humanities.int...

Though the Canadians are still not convinced:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci#2002_U.S._Congr...