Fun fact from the Tech, Bugs & Rock'n'Roll podcast: the first transatlantic cable was burned out by an idiot boss who demanded the voltage be turned up for some reason. It took 8 years to replace.
At the beginning of those 8 years Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer. At the end of those 8 years Abraham Lincoln was dead. The whole Civil War played out without transatlantic telegraphy, even though it had already been invented.
(From ~53mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3a0MxPZio8
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