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130: The Extraordinary True Story Of Nikola Tesla & His Stolen Work

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Nikola Tesla's Imagination

In 1882, while on a walk, Tesla came up with an idea for AC, an alternating current motor. He made the first sketches of its rotating electromagnets in the sand of the path. It just pops into his head and he's like, oh shit, I need to draw this out right now. That's how ideas come to me.

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