Fun Facts
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1. He was born during a lightning storm
Nikola Tesla was born somewhere between July 9 and July 10 at midnight. According to the family story, the midwife declares that Tesla will be a child of darkness because of the lightning. Tesla's mother replied, "No, he will be a child of light".
2. He and Edison were rivals, but not enemies
Many think Tesla and Edison were enemies, but that is actually false. On one occasion, Edison slipped into a conference Tesla was holding. He had attempted to hide, but Tesla saw him, pointed him out, and convinced the crowd to a standing ovation. Also, they eventually gained a mutual respect towards each other, after Tesla left to work on his own. When Tesla's lab burned down, Edison provided a lab for him.
3. In 1901, Tesla developed the idea for smartphone technology
During the race to create the transatlantic radio, Tesla told his financial backer, J.P.Morgan, a way to funnel stock quotes and messages, encode them with a new frequency, and broadcast to a device that can fit in your hand( the smartphone). He envisioned this and wireless internet, but this idea eventually stopped in his tracks.
4. Tesla had famous friends
Nikola Tesla was friends with famous people such as John Muir, a conservationist who worked with Theodore Roosevelt to save create national parks, and Mark Twain, a famous author. John Muir was impressed by Tesla's hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, commenting that it was "clean energy".
5. Tesla had a photographic memory
Nikola Tesla could memorize articles, documents, books, images, and was able to visualize in three dimensions, hence the fact he kept all of his ideas in his head.
6. He was an environmentalist
Tesla was always thinking of ways to harness energy from the ground, the air, and the water. He even found a way to create artificial lightning in his laboratory (see home page picture).
1. He was born during a lightning storm
Nikola Tesla was born somewhere between July 9 and July 10 at midnight. According to the family story, the midwife declares that Tesla will be a child of darkness because of the lightning. Tesla's mother replied, "No, he will be a child of light".
2. He and Edison were rivals, but not enemies
Many think Tesla and Edison were enemies, but that is actually false. On one occasion, Edison slipped into a conference Tesla was holding. He had attempted to hide, but Tesla saw him, pointed him out, and convinced the crowd to a standing ovation. Also, they eventually gained a mutual respect towards each other, after Tesla left to work on his own. When Tesla's lab burned down, Edison provided a lab for him.
3. In 1901, Tesla developed the idea for smartphone technology
During the race to create the transatlantic radio, Tesla told his financial backer, J.P.Morgan, a way to funnel stock quotes and messages, encode them with a new frequency, and broadcast to a device that can fit in your hand( the smartphone). He envisioned this and wireless internet, but this idea eventually stopped in his tracks.
4. Tesla had famous friends
Nikola Tesla was friends with famous people such as John Muir, a conservationist who worked with Theodore Roosevelt to save create national parks, and Mark Twain, a famous author. John Muir was impressed by Tesla's hydroelectric power plant at Niagara Falls, commenting that it was "clean energy".
5. Tesla had a photographic memory
Nikola Tesla could memorize articles, documents, books, images, and was able to visualize in three dimensions, hence the fact he kept all of his ideas in his head.
6. He was an environmentalist
Tesla was always thinking of ways to harness energy from the ground, the air, and the water. He even found a way to create artificial lightning in his laboratory (see home page picture).