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thomas edison fell into a grain elevator and almost drowned in the grain because he wanted to know how the elevator worked
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his ather found him squatting on some duck eggs in a cold barn to see if he could hatch the eggs insted of the mother duck
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his mother, who had beena teacher,tookhim out of school and taugh him at homw
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he set up a chemistrylab inthe basement in his home, and during one of his experiments, he set the basement on the fire and nearly blew himself up.
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he was given the chance to learn how to be a telegraph operator, and he then because as fascinated by electricity as he had been with chemistry
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