11Risky demonstration
In 1891, Tesla made a risky demonstration to discredit Edison Company’s claims on the safety of AC. During the demo, for a moment, 250,000 volts raced across the surface of his body, causing him to be surrounded by what one newspaper called “the Effulgent Glory of Myriad Tongues of Electric Flame.”
12Atomic theory
Nikola Tesla disagreed with the theory of atoms being composed of smaller subatomic particles, stating there was no such thing as an electron creating an electric charge.
13Sleep habits
Nikola Tesla never slept for more than 2 hours, however, he did admit to "dozing" from time to time "to recharge his batteries."
14Pearls
Tesla refused to talk to any woman who wore pearls.
15Sanskrit words
Nikola Tesla used Sanskrit words in his descriptions of natural phenomena. After meeting Swami Vivekananda, Tesla began using the words 'Akasha', 'Prana', and the concept of a luminiferous ether to describe the source, existence, and construction of matter.
16Job interview
When Nikola Tesla met with Thomas Edison for a job interview, he handed him his letter of recommendation which simply stated "My Dear Edison: I know two great men and you are one of them. The other is this young man!" He was immediately hired.
17OCD
Nikolas Tesla had crippling OCD. He would clean his plates with exactly 18 napkins before meals, had an extreme phobia of germs, and claimed he was receiving radio transmissions from inhabitants of Venus or Mars.
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18American military
In 1940, Nikola Tesla offered to build the American military a "teleforce" death ray that could "melt airplane motors 250 miles away". All he wanted was $2 million and three months of time.
19Richmond Hobson
In 1905, Nikola Tesla served as Best Man at the wedding of Lt. Richmond Hobson of Alabama, who would later become the first Southern Congressman to support a woman's right to vote.
20AC current
Nikola Tesla was heavily influenced by Goethe's Faust, his favorite poem, and had actually memorized the entire text. It was while reciting a certain verse that he was struck with the epiphany that would lead to the idea of the rotating magnetic field and ultimately, AC current.
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Nikola Tesla outshined that Edison in every aspect of life as we know it today.
Edison stole inventions from his employees to claim that they were his own.
Tesla was absolutely genuine in all of his endeavors.