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Nikola Tesla tried to power a city using sheer disappointment. Turns out emotions aren’t renewable… yet.

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Nikola Tesla worked on wireless power transmission, notably at the Wardenclyffe Tower in the early 1900s. It was based on electromagnetic ideas, not disappointment.

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