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by bugglebeetle 928 days ago
Truly, the psychopath torturing animals with live current in public is the man to emulate!
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ChickeNES 927 days ago
Never happened, that's an urban legend
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bugglebeetle 927 days ago
>Eventually, Edison’s team would kill 44 dogs, six calves, and two horses in their quest to discredit alternating current.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/the-cruel-animal...

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ChickeNES 927 days ago
Okay, I might have to mea culpa here, as I thought it was a reference to the infamous Topsy the elephant, which Edison was not involved with.
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