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  • July 27, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The first text message ever was sent in 1992 by Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old engineer who typed a greeting on his computer and sent it to a colleague at a holiday party in England. What did Neil type? “MERRY CHRISTMAS”!

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