The Tragic Story of Nikola Tesla

Why one of the greatest inventors of all time died penniless.

Correction: @7:03 It's debated who "discovered" America. The 400th anniversary of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 marked Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas.

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