Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

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The creation of the light bulb is commonly viewed as a human achievement—one of those few technologies that actually revolutionized how we live, work, and socialize with our environment. However, the ...

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