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Re:Who invented the lightbulb? by sigillum on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:52AM (#24479779)
a more vivid example is when a single inventor is claimed by multiple national propagandas e.g. Sklodowska-Curie was a polish woman living in France who discovered radium and polonium.
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Re:Who invented the lightbulb? by frosted-flakes on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:15AM (#24480327)
The same is true of the game of basketball, which was invented by a Canadian (James Naismith) in Massachusetts in 1891.
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