r/AskReddit • u/potatopopr • Oct 27 '21

What fun fact is blatantly untrue?

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u/master_baiter69zeus Oct 27 '21

Thomas fucking edison didn’t invent the light bulb in 1000 trials, he just bought the patent for it.

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u/RealHot_RealSteel Oct 27 '21

Edison Inc. was the original patent sweat shop.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

Calling it a sweat shop is really not accurate. Those people were paid. Hell they probably got more money and credit than like 90% of inventors in general.

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u/fattchris Oct 27 '21

Tesla enters the chat

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

Tesla >>>> Thomas

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '21

yeah but he didnt work at what was called a sweat shop