Did you know that Thomas Edison got his first job as a telegraph operator after saving the daughter of a station agent from an oncoming train? Or that he didn’t invent the lightbulb, but instead created the first commercially-viable version?
Were he, by some remarkable feat of science, still alive today, Thomas Edison would be enjoying his 165th birthday. And to celebrate, I suggest you take some time, three minutes to be exact, to brush up on his life and achievements. While he might not have been the US’s greatest inventor, like Steve Jobs he had the business savvy to capitalise and bring a great idea to the masses. Even if it unfortunately meant electrocuting an elephant along the way. (Edison, not Jobs.) [YouTube via Neatorama]
Gordon
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 9:32 AMStopped watching at 10 seconds.
jayrrr
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 10:14 AMthen u must be as slow and dumb as Thomas Edison
Titsnass
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 10:05 AMMeh, I’d rather celebrate Nikola Tesla’s life. He really got the short end of the stick, thanks to Edison’s, Jobsian ways!
witend
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 3:22 PMwerd
MD
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 8:36 PMI didn’t know that Patent Trolling was alive and well in the 1800′s…..
Apple must have stolen his business model too….
olearymo
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:31 AMAh, we all remember that day Steve Jobs electrocuted an elephant!
Oh wait, it was Steve Ballmer.
Jaezass
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:42 AMCareful now,… your fanboy is showing.