Did You Know?On June 11, 2002, the United States House of Representatives officially recognized Italian born American prolific inventor Antonio Meucci as the true inventor of the telephone.
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DYK? Antonio Meucci
In 2002, the US congress acknowledged that an Italian immigrant, Antonio Meucci, was in fact, the real inventor of the telephone, some 20 years ahead of Alexander Graham Bell.
