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Abraham Lincoln Filed a Patent for Facebook in 1845
- ColinWright 14y agoSubmitted and killed earlier as blog-spam: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3944856 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3944856 Significant discussion there, including the fact that it's a hoax: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3945848 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3945848 Quoting that link: I contacted the curator at the Lincoln Museum by email. His reponse: This is entirely a hoax. Clever, too. We have an official statement to that effect due within the hour. -James James M. Cornelius, Ph.D. Curator, Lincoln Collection Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum 112 N. Sixth St. Springfield, IL 62701-1310 217.785.7954 http://www.alplm.org