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The Electrical Grid (2020)

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The Death of Thomas Edison

Thomas edison invented d c power in the 1930s. The standard is now used to run most of us's electrical grid. Edison eventually left his company, which would fall on to hard times before being bailed out by a merger. nicola tela died penniless but went on to become one of America's richest people.

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