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Pic of the Day: Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain

Nikola Tesla was a notoriously obsessive scientist who pioneered the advent of Alternating Current (Edison gets all the props with his DC current, but all the electricity you see is AC), as well as wireless electricity, the remote control, basic radar,... Full Article at Flavorwire

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