Nikola Tesla, n.Trivia

Tesla failed to graduate university because of gambling problems

Nikola Tesla has a statue in Silicon Valley that radiates free Wi-Fi as an homage to his vision for wireless communication

Tesla bathed in what he called “Cold Fire”, a 500,000 volt electric current

Nikola Tesla drank whisky every day, thinking it would make him live for 150 years.

Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla were good friends.

Nikola Tesla was an advocate of sterilizing criminals, people with mental problems, and "undesirable parents".

Nikola Tesla tricked an entire crowd (in 1898) into believing they could control a boat by shouting commands – in fact he invented Radio Control and piloted the boat himself.

Nikola Tesla would repeatedly 'squish' his toes, 100 times for each foot, every night. He claimed it helped stimulate his brain cells.

Tesla spoke eight languages: English, Italian, French, Czech, Latin, Serbo-Croatian, German and Hungarian.

Nikola Tesla was born at midnight on July 10th during a fierce lightning storm. The midwife thought the storm was a bad omen, saying he would be a child of darkness. His mother replied, " No. He will be a child of light. ".

Nikola Tesla predicted the modern cell phone in 1926

Nikola Tesla was present at the first party to have a stripper jump out of a cake

Tesla was a talented and ruthless pool shark

Tesla's work was seized by the government upon his death and remains largely classified even today