TIL: Edison shocked elephants with AC to disprove Tesla, trying to prove that DC is safer
TIL: Edison shocked elephants with AC to disprove Tesla, trying to prove that DC is safer
science.howstuffworks.com Why did Thomas Edison electrocute an elephant?
You may have heard of Topsy the elephant and her sad demise at the hands of Thomas Edison. But what's the real story?
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Oh boy do I have a book for you all. Elephants on Acid So they took acid then gave the elephant acid. When it freaked out they electrocuted it.
Do you know about Mary the elephant who was sentenced to death by hanging? I lived in both the towns involved in that.
What the hell do folk have against elephants!!!
Trunk envy
It ain't the trunk I'm envious of.
For me personally it's the sense of Community and moon worshipping. That and the ears.
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