Tesla vs Edison: He Electrocuted an Elephant to Win

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TESLA vs EDISON go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

TESLA

You stole my alternating current, Thomas, then told the world it would kill them. You even electrocuted a circus elephant to prove it. It powers the whole planet now.

EDISON

I gave the world the light bulb, Nikola. You gave it a hotel bill you couldn't pay and a flock of pigeons.

TESLA

You promised me fifty thousand dollars to fix your machines. When I asked for it, you laughed and said I didn't understand American humor.

EDISON

And yet my name is on over a thousand patents.

TESLA

Most of them your employees'. My name is on the current in every wall on Earth. Roast that, Thomas.

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