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![TIL Alexander Graham Bell offered to sell his telephone patent to Western Union for $100,000 in 1876. The committee appointed to investigate the offer concluded the telephone was "hardly more than a TIL Alexander Graham Bell offered to sell his telephone patent to Western Union for $100,000 in 1876. The committee appointed to investigate the offer concluded the telephone was "hardly more than a](https://external-preview.redd.it/kQbztYQ7KcyjOOMiZf01f2OpuX4ULLlly9FHJPPU3Tg.jpg?auto=webp&s=7f05cc5c1af4089a43271a674ceb798fa2ea97c1)
TIL Alexander Graham Bell offered to sell his telephone patent to Western Union for $100,000 in 1876. The committee appointed to investigate the offer concluded the telephone was "hardly more than a
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