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Friday, February 11, 2011

This day in history: Birthday of Thomas Alva Edison

from Minnesota Public Radio (Garrison Keillor):

Today (Feb. 11, 2011) is the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison, born in Milan, Ohio (1847). He eventually amassed 1,093 patents, the most patents ever issued to a single person in American history. Among his greatest inventions: the phonograph, the light bulb, and the movie camera.

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