# 'The Tiffany Effect': False anachronisms

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 10, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tiffany-effect-false-anachronisms/1032267 "2026-08-10T13:12:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tiffany-effect-false-anachronisms/1032267/122 "2026-08-15T00:57:03Z")

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From the Interesting Facts thread a while back:

> [@Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785/4597):
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> The last samurai died in the 1870s, Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, and early fax technology (the “printing telegraph”) was patented in 1843. This creates a 22-year window (1843–1865) where Abraham Lincoln could have received a fax from a samurai.

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