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IPoAC!! HAHAHAHA!!! For the link-phobic, on April 1st, 1990, an RFC was proposed, describing a method to carry Internet Protocol traffic over .... *drum rolls* carrier pigeon.
The best part? It was actually implemented. A ping was sent via carrier pigeon, and four respondes were received. How cool is that?