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Thomas Edison Hates Cats

This video is exceedingly cute as it talks about the battle between AC and DC current and cats and elephants being electrocuted! - Link

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Posted by: Dirkus on July 27, 2007 at 7:15 PM

Well then... they don't teach THAT lesson in high school electronics!

Edison was a smart guy, but it sounds like he was a bit of a looney too.

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Posted by: BobbyMIke on July 27, 2007 at 10:29 PM

Remember that Westinghouse was just the money man, Telsa was the intellectual force behind A.C., His generating station is still pumping out electricity up at Niagara Falls here in N.Y.

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Posted by: mwproductions on July 28, 2007 at 7:19 AM

I saw this on YouTube a few days ago and thought, "hey, this looks funny!" Turns it isn't. And I already knew everything the video talks about. And they don't even mention Tesla! The gall!

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Posted by: shoomaker on July 30, 2007 at 11:31 AM

"Modern Capital Punishment" is probably not accurate. I wonder when the last time someone got the chair was. I think that modern capital punishment is lethal injection.

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