Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 19th Oct 2005 11:33 UTC
"Ask a Russian where television, fashion shows, hip-hop or hieroglyphs were invented and you will no doubt hear - in Russia. Believing in the Russian genius is an essential feature of the Russian mentality. That is why no Russian was surprised when we found out with the help of Lenta.ru the Internet in general, and blogging in particular, was, if not invented, at least predicted by a Russian back in 1837."
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Sure I remember from primary school how russians invented radio, tv, phone and since it's easy to delude a kid I believed all this. Things became suspicious when in physics lesson the teacher, an ardent communist said that rocket was invented about 1780 by russian engineer named kulibin.