The name, Thomas Alva Edison, is instantly familiar to just about everyone on the planet.
One reason is his inventions are all around us.  We use, hear and see them every day.
But how much do you really know about Edison?  How much of his life story is invented, like so many other things that he did?
Do you think Edison was the first one to patent the electric lamp’s filament?
And what’s the connection between Villard Hall at the University of Oregon and the incandescent light’s commercial success?  Things might be very different today if George Villard had skipped Thomas Edison’s New Years Eve party.
Give this podcast a listen to learn more about history’s most prolific inventor.
And when it’s over, I’ll bet you’ll start drinking more milk.  Listen up and you’ll get it.
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