Edison created a battery for electric cars - In 1901, Edison created a nickel-alkaline battery that he thought would be better than the current batteries on the market. His goal was to use the battery for electric vehicles. Unfortunately for Edison, a few years after he created the battery, the manufacturers stopped producing electric vehicles.
Edison’s first patent was for a vote recorder - One of the first steps in the communication revolution was the development of the telegraph. The telegraph industry rapidly expanded in the 19th century, and as an operator of the telegraph, this rapid growth gave Edison a chance to travel around the United States.
Thomas Edison saved a three-year-old boy from getting hit by a train - At 12-years-old Edison started compiling his own weekly newspaper which he started selling on the train along with candy and magazines. A few years into his career as a newspaper creator and seller
Thomas Edison suggested using the word “hello” as a telephone greeting - We all answer the phone with “hello”, but that wasn’t always the case. Before hello was widely used when answering the telephone, people used to pick up, saying phrases like, “Are you there?” and “Do I get you?”.
Nikola Tesla worked for Thomas Edison - Nikola Tesla, the world-renowned inventor, first started working for an Edison company in 1882, when he joined the Continental Edison Company in Paris, France. Here Tesla gained a reputation for being highly skilled and when the manager overseeing the Paris company, Charles Batchelor, returned to the United States, he requested that Tesla join him.
Thomas Edison created creepy talking dolls that frightened children When he wasn’t working on big projects that would change the currents of civilization, Edison also spent time experimenting with less impactful inventions.