Right, if you post any more in this thread you must include an interesting fact about the year corresponding to the post number.

So, I just want to say that I like vanilla.

* On March 3rd, 1875, the first performance of Bizet’s Carmen was at the Opéra Comique, Paris. *

He didn't build the clock tower you silly boy. He just got his picture taken in front of it, harnessed the power of the lightning that struck it and watched as Griff flew through the window of it.

Incidently, it wasn't until 1886 that an economically viable process was developed to extract aluminium.

You're just a fountain of time-travel knowledge, you.

Speaking of which, I bet the critics of Paris soon wished they had a time-machine in 1889, when they declared the newly inaugurated Eiffel Tower to be aesthetically displeasing. Lawks!

The newly discovered element of argon unfortunately proves to be useless for making knives out of.

However Edison has just patented the TWO WAY TELEGRAPH! Telephone conversations no longer neccesitate the participants having their speaking and listening devices transported between each others' locations repeatedly.

This is going to get a lot more interesting around post number 2006.