That honor goes to Cyrus the Great
Cyrus the Great DID! The Wonderful Illustrious Zoroastrian first Employed War pigeons to communicate throughout his Kingdom!
(A Recent sale of a First class Homing Pigeon named Armando sold for a whopping €1.25m)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47610896
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