✦ Time paradoxes · Still around
Telephone: 1876; Fyodor Dostoevsky: 1821–1881 — that is 5 years later.
When the telephone was invented, Fyodor Dostoevsky was still alive.
Who and what
- Invention of the telephone1876 · Boston. Bell sends a voice down a wire — the world starts calling
- Fyodor Dostoevsky1821–1881 · novelist
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