Helen Czerski on Nostr: It is such a delight to discover that the origin of Reuters (the huge news agency) is ...
It is such a delight to discover that the origin of Reuters (the huge news agency) is that in 1850 Paul Julius Reuters started a service using pigeons to carry news & stock market prices between Brussels & Aachen, until telegraph could take over. Pigeons went by train each day & then flew back.
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