Day in Tech History
January 4, 1904: Edison Electrocutes an Elephant
January 03, 2019
1904– To show the effects of how dangerous Nikolai Tesla’s Alternating current was, Thomas Alva Edison filmed the electrocution of the elephant, Topsy. This was falsely advertised as the first Elephant to be born in America by the Forepaugh Circus.
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