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Nikola Tesla was born during a fierce lightning storm on July 10, 1856, in a village in modern-day Croatia. After he was born, he became the “ father of electricity.”
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Nikola Tesla arrived in New York City in 1884. Fun fact: he only had four cents when he got to New York.
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In 1888, George Westinghouse purchased some patents from Nikola Tesla for his alternating current. Why George Westinghouse purchased Nikola Tesla's patents was primarily because of Tesla's polyphase system.