I imagine the percent of people who know these telegram cables were made by children is a very low percentage.

I think their point is that most peoole aware of the time period know child labour in factories was prominent, especially thanks to Dickens and other authors, so most would guess or be unsurprised to find these cable factories employed children.

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fastball 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What difference does 10 years make when you are working in a shitty factory for peanuts?

	▲	testdelacc1 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Is this a serious question? Then here’s a serious answer - the difference between employing a 9 year old and a 19 year old for a dangerous job is All the difference in the world.