15 Interesting Facts About Nikola Tesla That Will Give You Shock Waves

Jan 24, 2016 Priyanka 11 views
15 Interesting Facts About Nikola Tesla That Will Give You Shock Waves

#15 Lightening strikes

This may be a mere coincidence or divine intervention but as per history Nikola Tesla was born during a lightning storm,his mother declared him a child of light which proved right later on.

#14 3 D memory

Have you ever thought 3 dimensional,No,but Tesla possessed this gift of photogenic memory. He remembered books,images and whole lot of journals.

#13 Tireless person

Tesla worked tirelessly for almost 22 hours daily claiming that he sleep for 2 hours only.On one occasion, he got so involved in his work that he continued working for 84 hours without any sleep or rest.

#12 War of Currents

People chose DC current theory of Thomas Edison over AC current theory of Nicole Tesla.It was unfortunate though but people would rarely negate Edisons's view leading to this war of currents.

#11 Predicting internet

Would you believe,Tesla predicted the internet,he was confident that a global system of wireless communication would reach every household in future...really divine.

#10 Never married

Despite women madly in love with Tesla, he married none as his thought process believed that marriage or for that matter sex would restrict his abilities to think scientifically,well, this thought later on proved boon to the entire world.

#9 Whiskey shots

Tesla considered whiskey as tonic and used to drink it daily for younger and longer life though,gradually,he gave up beverages except milk and water.

#8 Invention Galore

Hearing music is favourite pastime for most of us…Thanks to Tesla behind the invention of Radio. Later on, he also gave us first of its kind radio waves controlled robotic boat.

#7 Lighting bulbs

Nikola Tesla transmitted 100 million volts of high-frequency electricity wirelessly and lit up a bank of 200 light bulbs and also ran an electric motor in an experiment.

#6 Healthy ideas

Tesla planned to do an experiment on children by lining their schoolroom walls with a high frequency current. He believed that electromagnetic waves will help make dull students bright and healthy.

#5 Strange habits

Tesla used to take care of pigeons and help recover injured ones to good health. Besides this, he had strange habits like having dinner at 8:10 PM sharp and squishing his toes hundred times for each foot every night.

#4 Serious thoughts

He proposed eugenics, the science of improving population by controlled breeding and was advocate of sterilising criminal, people with mental problems.

#3 Feminist streaks

He was firm believer that women are the builders of society and soon there will be new sex order where female will play a central and dominating role.

#2 Suffered OCD

Struggled with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but his creative abilities eclipsed the disability,inspirational in true sense.

#1 Free wifi

As a mark of respect,statue of Tesla has been erected in silicon valley in 2013,radiating free wifi and a time capsule is also there which would open in 2043.

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