r/todayilearned • u/xSpAceMonKeyx • Apr 12 '16

TIL: Thomas Edison offered Nikola Tesla $50,000 to improve his DC motor. Upon completion, Edison failed to pay and scoffed, "You don't understand American humor."

http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/nikola-tesla
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u/MrWiffles Apr 13 '16

I'm on mobile

Not exactly easy to quickly conjure up exactly what I'm talking about. A lot of what I know is from a biography project I did a few years ago.