Thomas Edison Inventions He Didn't Actually Invent

[@sheldonaubut]

When I was in school in the 1950s and 60s, we of course were taught that Thomas Edison was a great hero. My father, born in 1925, was named Thomas after Thomas Edison, and my middle name became Thomas for the same reason. I have a complete set of the 1942 Encyclopedia Britannica, and in it, they gush like fanatics about how great he was. As a long time historian, I learned fairly early that what I'd been taught about him was oh so wrong. That led me to dive deeply into many historical "facts" to root out the truths. To me, Edison is near the top of the scum heap, but Christopher Columbus tops it.

[@getajob3435]

what is your age ?

[@sheldonaubut]

@@getajob3435-- 74 years happy.

[@chrisdale3087]

Edison was a hero. You're using his D.C. electricity invention right now on your digital device - ironically which makes you look like a moron when complaining about him.

[@sheldonaubut]

@@getajob3435 -- I'm 74.

[@mernokimuvek]

Did Columbus electrocute innocent animals? edison was more evil. Animals are much more important than humans.

[@antevalenta7144]

When I was in high school, my physics teacher said: if you write "Edison is thief" on your exam you will pass.. so I did, many times :) I respect that man till the day I die.. :)

[@gohawks3571]

I respect your teacher too!

[@joeyjojojunior1794]

We found the Serb

[@antemula5888]

Nope, actually you found a guy from Croatia 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheOfficialTarynTots]

I always wished my history book said that. Edison was not only a thief but quick to filing patents.

[@chrisdale3087]

Actually your Physics teacher should have been fired for unprofessionalism. Teachers are not allowed to use their position to influence students ideologically or politically.

[@NoName-hg6cc]

Finally someone who gives credit to Volta

[@Joedirt3349]

Mars Volta!?!

[@NoName-hg6cc]

@@Joedirt3349 ??? Alessandro

[@FrescoRahbo]

Volta/Voltage 👀🤯

[@davidlancaster8152]

The more I learn about Edison the more I realize he was a terrible person. He did everything he could to ruin Nichola Tesla because of jealousy. These acts depicted here just seal the deal

[@alicerivierre]

Edison is totally Slytherin!

[@genkigirl4859]

I’m really surprised nobody offed him

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

​@@genkigirl4859Edison likely had people killed.

[@justmeandthethree]

​@@alicerivierreSlytherin. LOL!

[@davidlancaster8152]

@@genkigirl4859 I think he had a squad of bullies to carry out nefarious acts and act as body guards. I agree with you

[@ejd1984]

Edison's family will not like this video. There is a stipulation from his family that if they officially cooperate on a documentary for Edison, Nikola Tesla cannot be mentioned at all.

[@oneshothunter9877]

Ugh. Small people.

[@chrisdale3087]

That's total b.s. Do you know how many hundreds of books, documentaries, and films mention both of them?

[@ejd1984]

@@chrisdale3087 Those are WITHOUT the Edison's family involvement.

[@chrisdale3087]

@@ejd1984 It doesn't matter whether his descending family members are involved or not. There is no family member alive right now who even was a witness to that time in history, and no family member with equal knowledge of electricity workings or legalities of invention, and therefore no one of any worth or credibility. That's why hundreds of books, documentaries, and films that mention both Edison and Tesla of them have been made.

[@Benni777]

Edison’s that one kid in science class who sits behind the smart kid and always copies off of them 🤦🏻‍♀️💀

[@tremorsfan]

Eadweard Muybridge wasn't interested in creating moving pictures. He simply wanted to prove that all four of a horse's legs leave the ground in gallop.

[@HeatherThompsonSocially]

I have horses and it's really obvious without a movie of it 😂

[@Spamwhichwizard]

@@HeatherThompsonSociallyhe’s right though that was the original point of the short he made (Don’t believe it till you see it) I guess lol Cheers

[@crazykevin7667]

Yay facts

[@mightisright]

Muybridge set up a bunch on cameras in a straight line to capture the pictures of the horse in motion. Does that sound anything like a motion picture camera to you idiots?

[@julianneale6128]

Edison was most definitely not an inventor. He was a self promoting businessman, and very good at it! The light bulb we all know today was done by Swan over 20 years before Edison blatantly copied it.

[@chrisdale3087]

Edison WAS the inventor because he used a filament that didn't burn out after a few seconds to a few a minutes. Adolphe Chaillet's handmade bulb (built while working for Edison's General Electric Company is still burning right this minute.) You also don't know what a legal inventor is. The inventor isn't the person that comes up with an idea - it's the person that builds a physical working model and makes it work continually and is granted a legal patent for it. Joseph Swann had a similar working bulb but did not have a longer lasting bulb than Edison.

[@mightisright]

@@chrisdale3087 Evidently they started putting anti-Edison propaganda into grade school in the past 20 years and now these "experts" are blabbing about their special education. Edison's story is very interesting and does include some pretty unfair employment and business practices, but he was an energetic and tenacious engineer as well. It does annoy me that we can't balance the good and bad in such a man. It's always the simplistic god vs devil conception so common in the childish American mind.

[@chrisdale3087]

@@mightisright That's true - there is more propaganda in education than there ever has been before. It's a poision The people who have some real intelligence will see through the propaganda. They always will because they'll know educational materials produced in this modern 'woke' era will be more along the lines of fascist / extreme leftist propaganda than books resembling actual education. The people who have low emotional and intellectual intelligence will be manipulated by that anti-Edison propaganda. The good thing is no one falling for that propaganda is ever going to go on and do better than Edison and contribute in society. All they have is their sanctimonious opinions and their sweatshop made clothes and coffee made with slave labour. They can't contribute anything near what Edison has done. Edison wasn't perfect was he was nowhere near the monster they make him out to be. I'd go as far as saying Edisons' critics are morally worse than he is for the way they live now compared to how he lived back then, and how they fund evil companies through mindless and ignorant consumerism, than anything Edison ever did. They'll go on about what a great guy Tesla was simply because they read it or watched a movie, and ignore Tesla's treatment of animals in experiments, but they won't see Tesla and Edison each as products of their own environment and era because they're too busy getting emotionally involved in the entertainment, rather than remaining calmly and professionally objective.

[@cassieoz1702]

Perhaps it's American history books that attribute everything to Edison. Id never heard him credited with most of these.

[@mtadams2009]

I am American and the light bulb is one of the only things I knew about him. We did not spend much time discussing him when I attended school.

[@alexcholagh8330]

​@@mtadams2009phonograph lightbulb,and records were taught in schools

[@alexcholagh8330]

And cameras

[@mtadams2009]

@@alexcholagh8330 That was a very long time ago for me. I also attended a lousy school system. We did not all get the same education.

[@krystalayala8451]

What’s happening? Is the original voice guy taking a break?

[@Kelly-ml5tl]

He's obviously not the main voice anymore. Expect it to stay the way it is now.

[@masterbruce556]

I just skip these videos and watch the ones with the og voice actor

[@misterhat5823]

He died in tragic fart lighting accident at a Taco Bell in the 'hood a couple weeks ago. Don't worry, he did plenty of episodes so you'll still hear him time to time.

[@misterhat5823]

@@masterbruce556Too bad you don't skip commenting. You babies are getting a bit old by now.

[@samuelmartinez6344]

Dude did too many vids, he absolutely deserves a vacation! 🏖🍹

[@CwL-1984]

In my house we refer to thomas edison as a-hole supreme

[@chuck9380]

I remember my middle school teacher kicked me out of class for tell her Thomas Edition didn’t invented most of what our school book claimed. My father told me he read how he stole most of his ideas

[@chrisdale3087]

Your middle school teacher was right. You used Edison's D.C. electricity in your digital device to make your comment above.

[@mernokimuvek]

@@chrisdale3087 Ever heard about Alessandro Volta? edison didnt invent shit.

[@lp-xl9ld]

If you haven't done this already, how about the question of who invented radio? It's a similar kind of story... But I'd heard years ago that Edison was a credit hog.

[@adilsongoliveira]

Look for Roberto Landell de Moura. He was already trainsmitting voice while Marconni was sending just morse code.

[@chrisdale3087]

Tesla invented radio but didn't file a patent for it because he didn't devise one for home entertainment.

[@ericschultz1073]

The battery was actually invented way before both of those people. There was an ancient discovery of an enclosed cell with different natural acids and natural materials in which were similar in chemical properties to earlier batteries.

[@didoum]

Even if the object properties were similar to a battery, it was not designed to be one and never been used as one. So no, nobody invented batteries before Volta

[@alexcholagh8330]

The Baghdad battery look it up

[@jasondashney]

Almost everything was created simultaneously by different people at the same time. That's how inventions have historically worked. This video is just trying to jump on the present trend of trying to talk bad about Edison because it's edgy. People need to dispel themselves of the myth that the lone Wolf inventor come up with a brand new concept and perfect, and it completely on their own. That just isn't health things normally work.

[@TheGwimWeaper]

@@alexcholagh8330 the bagdad battery is a clay pot, a rod of iron, and a tube of copper it was discovered in what is todays iraq. nobody really knows what it was really used for, so in a sense it is a myth that people back then used electricity.

[@alexcholagh8330]

@@TheGwimWeaper we can discover more if iraq wasn't a filthy Islamic military backed dictatorship and plagued with corruption. The Baghdad battery might have been used for plating or science or torture device possibly if it did produce any electricity by very small bolts.

[@bevinboulder5039]

But, but, but . . . we ended up using Tesla's alternating current. So I don't understand that last bit.

[@ducatisti]

Exactly! Definitely a big mistake there.

[@barrybrooks1445]

Edison and Morgan are the reason why we don't have wireless electricity today (Tesla). Imagine where we could be without relying upon batteries and a wire (fuel) for all devices- including vehicles and homes

[@chrisdale3087]

Just Morgan is to blame for that, not Edison. If everyone pulled their money out of J.P. Morgan / Chase bank in revenge, the world would be a better place.

[@McShave]

"History books tell us Edison was one of the greatest inventors of all time." Yeah American history books. The rest of the world thinks of him more as patent thief he really was.

[@genkigirl4859]

I have that horse film in a zoetrope I bought at a flea market

[@gohawks3571]

No way! At a flea market?!

[@genkigirl4859]

@@gohawks3571 not hard to find one at a flea market it was a popular toy in Victorian times antique dealers usually have one stored away somewhere😀

[@genkigirl4859]

@@gohawks3571 it isn’t hard to find one if there are enough antique dealers there,it was a pretty common toy in the Victorian era they made tons,so far I have a the before mention horse one and a clown one😊

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Very interesting getting a different perspective of the ownership of the inventions!

[@gohawks3571]

Thomas Edison, the guy everyone tries to avoid in group projects 😁

[@ThaBACSter]

There can only be one Narrator… You are NOT him!

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. - Thomas Edison

[@notorioustori]

I've loathed Edison since middle school. 30 years later...I'm happy this vid exists.

[@chrisdale3087]

Better stop using your cellphone then. It uses Edison's D.C. electricity (stepped down) to run it.

[@mikitz]

None of this comes as a surprise, given exactly how narcissistic Edison was.

[@greengeezer5069]

Edison was like someone from today going back in time to gain fame and money by "inventing" shizz from his time, while not knowing that the shizz already exists.

[@kenny8179]

Edison was literally the Elon Musk of his time.

[@NewMessage]

Remember kids... everything you love is a lie, and all our heroes are monsters! * collapses in tears *

[@IsaacTuduriLlabres]

Kinda true... xD Musicians and Hollywood Actors be like : 👀💧

[@itsallschittsandgigglesunt7354]

Don’t you make them your hero’s though

[@ericswift7820]

That electric pen was turned into invention of the modern day tattoo gun

[@TheCubicplanet]

A hundred and so years later, he was reincarnated in Elon Musk, but even worse.

[@tinas_hotdog_sophie]

For five years no I want you guys to make a video about the war of the currents between Edison, George Westinghouse and Tesla. Close here, but not there yet :D

[@jonathansumners6077]

Narrator! Bravo! Excellent reading & tone! Great pep and exciment with the material. Your doing great!

[@lindsayhaley903]

Dude I can't hear this guy?! Where's the original dude!?

[@millriverfarm]

I know its hard to follow, and can't comment that without people calling you a "baby" lol.

[@fanboy8026]

Now do a video about Tesla

[@SquirrelMonkeyCom]

Seach for: "Weird History Nikola Tesla Facts That May Shock You".

[@rayrayseels9911]

Had to stop half way due to smarmy narrator

[@Mystery_Man84]

How come in the public schools or even private schools, they credit Edison with the invention of the light bulb 💡?

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

Edison was better at promoting himself and he got away with it

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Because his company’s light bulb was affordable and could be mass produced. Light bulbs prior to this would burn out to quickly.

[@dvdgalutube]

His company got it patented

[@chrisdale3087]

Because he was the inventor - he got it to last long and devised it for the home. No one else did that. The inventor isn't the person that comes up with an idea - it's the person that builds a physical working model that works continuously and is granted a legal patent for it.

[@kandipiatkowski8589]

It seems Edison is the muggle equivalent of Gilderoy Lockhart....🤣🤣🤣

[@halfpinthero]

The new narrator is improving. The enthusiasm is more prominent than prior vids.

[@prettypuff1]

My favorite eugenics master

[@dirtyswayze6017]

No the voice is different cant watch it was the voice that made me watch :(

[@Imaminimonstertruck]

Thomas Edison improved the inventions. If it wasn't for him, it wouldn't be where we're at. It's no different than any other invention over the years improved it doesn't mean that they "stole it". For example, the guy from Japan invented the blue LED. Yes, he didn't invent the LED, but he didn't stole the technology he improved it, invented the blue LED. "Edison stole invention" is misleading.

[@comedianvip]

Mr garrison ah narrator

[@wirelessdirk]

Oh jesus, jesus christ!

[@masterbruce556]

Skip because different voice

[@Jop3lius]

After some time Thomas Edison reincarnated as Steve Jobs.

[@osker2478]

See, I like this guy for the historical seriousness lol

[@kevincruise3521]

Yeah he's not bad here

[@glennabate1708]

He didn’t steal anything he invented things and improved practically making them practical to use. How can anybody this beneath Edison even have the nerve to talk trash on a genius who made the world you live so much better. What does this guy do make people dumber with his KZbin videos.

[@_NoDrinkTheBleach]

Did not have Mr Swaim narrating weird history on my bingo card.

[@Batz5150]

Where's the other announcer? Who's this guy? Who cares!!!! Bring back the other dude!!!! That dude is freakin legendary!!!! No offence to new guy. It's just that... The OTHER guy. Epic.

[@jesternario]

Might be easier to go over what inventions he actually invented.

[@NashEsq]

By this standard hardly any invention would qualify for anyone, nothing exists in a vacuum.

[@timmothyjennings]

Thomas Edison is still smarter than any creator, writer, narrator, viewer & commenter of this video

[@brendentaylor6013]

So I guess I have Edison to thank for my tattoos! His electric pen is nothing but a tattoo gun

[@batmansdad3195]

So Edison never invented the 6 legged chair or the self hammering hammer?

[@haydenmillholland4496]

Sad that he got credit over Homer

[@deeya]

Wouldn't be a Weird History video without someone whining about the different voiceover guy. For that matter, if you guys cared so much, why don't you know there's a new guy? He's been doing the narration for quite a few vids now. And if you know, then why keep whining about it? Oh right. It's a trending topic to comment about and will get reliably get upvotes. I can only hope I'm kidding on this one, but I wouldn't be surprised if true.

[@mygreenfroggy]

Taking an existing idea or invention and improving on it is not stealing. And it's perfectly legal. He just didn't bother to credit the others who worked on them. Many, many inventions have been done that way, the Singer sewing machine being one. singer didn't invent it, and he stole the original idea, but he did improve it allowing him to claim the idea. Though to be honest the original inventor it finally got a lawsuit settled about it.

[@justheretocomment9980]

This guy isn’t the narrator …

[@kittycat2309]

Where's the other guy??????

[@jenniferlonnes7420]

Who? Tesla, Einstein...?

[@kittycat2309]

@jenniferlonnes7420 no, the narrator 😂😂😂

[@Dave-bj3pq]

At your mom's

[@willsnyder4399]

As always Louis LePrince gets shafted in these history videos on motion picture cameras

[@Bushidounohana]

This take on Edison makes him akin to the Apple of inventors-while he may not have been first to come up with something, he waited in the wings with his own “perfection” of others’ ideas to popularize the invention and make it his own.

[@justayoutuber1906]

"Arguably" is a meaningless modifier...it means no one agrees

[@gogonog]

most of the things he is credited for inventing he stole from his young brilliant employee NIKOLA TESLA !

[@BoyNamedSue4]

That didn’t actually happen. Tesla wrote in his journal regularly and never mentioned anything about Edison stealing from him until decades later. At which point a lot of historians believe Tesla had dementia. This is why context matters.

[@singleflow]

*Starts video, hear this guy's voice, leaves*

[@coolnegative]

Maybe you should do a video on things that Edison actually invented by himself. You could post it as a KZbin short.😂😂😂

[@martinkineavy9039]

Very shot

[@coolnegative]

@@martinkineavy9039 😆😆

[@magtak]

Debunk Elon Musk

[@SadSadSadSquishSquishSquish]

More perfect union did a great video on that. But beware of the Chad’s attacking you for attacking the billionaire they never met.

[@JamesNettum]

Yes, do it!

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

@@SadSadSadSquishSquishSquishthat alplies to both sides of the argument as well. You’ve never met Elon Musk either.

[@SadSadSadSquishSquishSquish]

@@Nmdixon-cu7vm exactly I never suck the dick of somebody I’ve never met. However, I’ve seen his actions, his tweets, his business record that’s public knowledge. Absolutely one of my least favorite people based on that. Don’t really care if he’s a nice guy and I think less of anybody who worships him.

[@Somedayillmakeahistoryvideo]

Elon musk is such a man child he would sue this channel for everything it's got and then claim he founded the channel.

[@emmgeevideo]

Any edition of "Weird History" without the main narrator is not weird. Thumbs down, time to stop watching.

[@jhawkadawg47_51]

I’m just gonna say it, because every other comment on videos with this narrator are mean-spirited. I like the new guy, and he doesn’t deserve the level of hate he’s getting. The older guy, admittedly, I don’t think anyone can top in terms of delivery, but it’s an unfair comparison since older guy has been doing this for years and years. Keep doing what you’re doing, new guy, I appreciate you!

[@LightsAcapella]

There are 100s of good history channels on KZbin. This one is nothing special on its own. I subscribed for the narrator, not the content.

[@jenniferlonnes7420]

I like this guy, and all their narrators.

[@jhawkadawg47_51]

. @LightsAcapella Fair enough, so don't watch them, however I don't think the mean-spirited comments from some of these commenters are necessary. You can voice your disapproval without being cruel, which unfortunately not everyone does.

[@mernokimuvek]

@@jhawkadawg47_51 He absolutely deserves all hate. He electrocuted innocent naimals. You MUST condemn speciesism and all forms of animal abuse.

[@lightningbug276]

Nasty to his family and animal abuser.

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

The reason many people say he "stole" inventions is because he improved on many already existing ideas and got them to actually work/work well. It's definitely not as simple as "Oh, you invented this? I invented this" like some people think

[@chrisdale3087]

The other people were dabblers in many cases and not serious about their work.

[@sarahscrichfield5303]

As a regular watcher of weird history, I've become just as attached to the narrators as the subject matter. I feel like they should get more credit in the videos, as they are all great but distinctly different from one another

[@TR-kc7dz]

Not inventing weapons to kill??? What?! Didn’t this guy electrocute(and killed) an elephant to show how direct current works!!!Wow, this guy was a piece of work… And glory hog!

[@chrisdale3087]

All inventors did that including Tesla. Cosmetic companies that test on animals are the ones you should complain about right now.

[@ygbgforever]

Bob's Burger taught me Edison was shady

[@shockingstuff]

What did he actually invent?

[@yotho4510]

Lying

[@jenniferbethparishwhite688]

"History books tell us Edison was one of the greatest inventors of all time." The Big Bang Theory tells us the opposite.

[@chrisdale3087]

He was one of the greatest inventors of all time. You're using his D.C. electricity in your device right now.

[@ilovephotography1254]

Weird History if you're reading this. The other narrator who I prefer, has a slightly snarky and sarcastic voice that I find to be much more entertaining.

[@PrivateCommenter]

Steve jobs of his time.

[@yiffytimes]

Thomas Edison was also the World's 1st Movie Pirate having stolen A Trip to the Moon, created by Georges Méliès. Then retitling it and disturbing in the USA eventually Georges Méliès studio closed because of Edison.

[@chrisdale3087]

Not true. A Trip to the Moon, created by Georges Méliès was distributed in the USA and Edison translated it.

[@cshubs]

As long as he didn't steal any ideas from my cousin, Dr. Edwin H. Land, who's best known for inventing the Polaroid camera and polarized lenses.

[@misterhat5823]

I like this narrator. He makes the babies cry even more than the gal does.

[@TribalGuitars]

Edison didn't do anything other people have been doing for centuries. DaVinci gets credit for all those ideas when he was often taking this other guy's ideas fleshing them out, making them better, or even work. He knew a lot wouldn't because of the lack of abilities and materials of the time. A lot of the Renaissance artists, like Michaelangelo, had apprentices working on paintings and sculptures that the main men got credit for. Edison bought up patents that failed. The genius was that he saw the potential of some and was able to cobble the best ideas together, add to them, and TADA! Lightbulb! It's not always about being the only, or smartest, guy in the roo, it's often about utilizing the smartest people in the best way.

[@l00k4tstuff]

The last statement was false - Edison didn't win the electrical market in the US, Tesla/Westinghouse did. We operate on alternating current. Edison did win to make power companies in the US Northeast, with the name "Edison" still in several of those companies today, even though they had to abandon the Edison electrical system for the Westinghouse one.

[@btetschner]

I am going to watch the videos: x Major Medical Discoveries That Happened By Mistake (1st recommendation, 2nd time watching) x Nikola Tesla Facts That May Shock You (2nd recommendation) x Hedy Lamarr The Hollywood Bombshell Who Fought Nazis and Made Cell Phones Possible x What Life Was Like While Working on the Manhattan Project

[@jenniekelly571]

Edison may not have wanted to create anything that would kill, but he sure killed a lot of animals , including an African Elephant, trying to make a point; telling people, "This is what will happen with Tesla's AC/DC electricity!" Then he flipped the switch and the animal died...........

[@amirmousawi9156]

Lies

[@starseed39]

I prefer the other narrator.

[@elizalam5253]

We need the old narrator back NOW!!!!!!!!!

[@bobross8786]

NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@monkeygraborange]

Grow the fvck up.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

The Edison was a hack thing is a really tired meme at this point and shows a lack of understanding of how business and invention works. No. Edison did not singlehanded invent everything that you thought he did in second grade. What made Edison successful was his ability to take already created ideas and make them affordable/more efficient. Yeah. He didn’t invite the light bulb. But his company made it so that the light bulb was actually practical. I’m all for knocking him down a peg and giving proper credit to his employees. But it’s swung so far the other direction that people just as misinformed just in the opposite direction.

[@paulwunder]

Exactly! There's a huge difference in something working in theory and being 95% there and a working product that's useful to the public. People don't get you can be a genius AND an asshole! We need both!

[@cincyspinqueen2066]

Edison was a sadistic prick. That's actually the nicest way to describe him. I remember reading a half page about Tesla in my science textbook in eighth grade (1988-1989). I always wondered more about this scientist who was barely mentioned. There was an entire chapter on Edison singing his praises. 🤮 By the time I started college, I found a book in the library on Tesla. I read it from cover to cover in a day! From that point on (1995), I have collected multiple biographies on the genius. The second book I read spoke of how Tesla came to the US from Croatia and he worked for Edison. Edison never paid him or any other members on his team. Tesla had a photographic memory. He invented Alternating Current while he was walking in a park in Croatia. He was reading a book in Greek (I think) when the complete blueprint and steps for AC came to his mind. He wrote to Edison and came to the US to work for him. Tesla spoke later how Edison would walk around and look through all the members of his teams notes and paperwork to steal them. He would force the team to create these inventions and then he would take credit. Tesla hated this. He was the type of genius who had common sense. Rare. Tesla told Edison from the beginning his DC would not be able to move a current. That AC would. Edison demanded Tesla write down notes on how to create AC. Tesla refused because he knew Edison would steal it and take credit. Tesla had all his inventions in his head and walked. It's not like he got paid anyhow. Here is the sadistic part (or at least one example) of Edison. Tesla and Edison were both trying to get the contract for Westinghouse (I believe I am sure someone will correct me). At the World Fair (i think it was 1890) Edison, being green with jealously, desided he would discredit Tesla by "showing" how Tesla's AC would harm people. He electrocuted cats and dogs until they died! Tesla said, "Hold my beer," and passed AC through his body and won the contract with Westinghouse. Edison walked away infuriated. I am just picturing some nine year old girl standing there with a kitten and Edison grabbing it out of her arms and electrocuting it. Edison eventually had backers who created General Electric. Guess they did not see him murder animals, not pay his teams for their work, and steal their inventions. What I am thankfull for is that people have become much more aware of Tesla's work within the last twenty years. To the point he has a cult following. Now, if only our government had not stolen all of Tesla's work and patents at his death. I am pretty sure they have pulled an "Edison" on what his life's work was.

[@tkccsf8837]

Come on man, I love this topic but you could've gotten Tom for this one.

[@Somedayillmakeahistoryvideo]

I think here in Europe everyone knows Edison didn't invent any of these so none of it is really surprising. Maybe its surprising to Americans.

[@kali3665]

You really can argue that's most of them. He may have come up with the general idea, but he let his peons do the actual creation, and then Edison took full credit for them.

[@mkennedy150]

I wonder if he is related to Steve Jobs. He didn't want to make things that kill people but didn't he actually invent the electric chair?

[@Modeltnick]

You are a history revisionist. Just because Edison made the investments to make these inventions commercially practical, doesn’t disqualify his contributions to the technological world. Your video is a stretch. Muybridge made stills on glass slides that couldn’t be projected in rapid succession. Edison perfected the film camera and projector, which was stolen from him and was used in the film industry in Hollywood. I could go on but it falls on the deaf ears of the Tesla fanboys.

[@chrisdale3087]

Well said.

[@mernokimuvek]

You are a boomer conservative for being an edison fanboy, not despising him and not supporting animal rights.

[@Modeltnick]

@@mernokimuvek I got your boomer…

[@wesgunton238]

Didn't most inventors steal others ideas and pass it off as their own work?

[@LilFeralGangrel]

that's an unprovable statement

[@wesgunton238]

@@LilFeralGangrel alexander graham bell one name springs to mind

[@SunflowerHeliotrope]

I thought Pierre and Marie Curie were the first to discover X-rays? I know they discovered radium and polonium, the latter named after Marie/Maria’s native Poland. Also, Edison would be horrified to know that his “electric pen” was later adopted for another, more fun purpose: tattoos. Yup, that electric apparently went through a few redesigns until it became the tattooing implement we know and love today (unless you’re a needlephobe like me 😂).

[@shaunbaseby2981]

Perhaps Australia's answer to Edison could be next.....Henry Sutton

[@wirelessdirk]

No this voice ain't it.

[@hypercomms2001]

This poorly researched and poorly presented. It is full of errors.

[@jonathanjohnson9542]

He was a villain, and i wish we didn't uphold him as an American icon.

[@memonk11]

Many errors and inaccuracies in this video.

[@metanoian965]

@ 4' 27" _ Freemason hand sign ? One for all bro. Right !

[@juliusrandle2733]

😂

[@NexVoidGaming]

Will not watch this channel without the og voice.

[@Dave-bj3pq]

Bye-bye

[@NexVoidGaming]

@@Dave-bj3pq the sentiment is overwhelming in majority of old announcer. So yeah, as the channel slowly dies, bye bye for you too.

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

The jokes in this video just hit different with a different narrator. And with different I mean not-funny.

[@Yashakur_AG]

Make a video about the Uyghur Turks and East Turkestan, please! 🙏