The Truth About 10 Famous Inventions
Did Thomas Edison invent the lightbulb? I mean… kind of… but also… no. Every great, world-changing invention is the culmination of efforts by dozens or hundreds of people, spanning decades or centuries.
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Sources:
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/forget-edison-this-is-how-historys-greatest-inventions-really-happened/258525/
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