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11. Electrifying Butterflies
Tesla had a free pass from a local electricity company in Colorado to use their grid to power his experiments. In return he would provide anything useful he discovered which could better electricity generation. He obviously used this for the Tesla coil which would send a beam of artificial lightning through the air to a metal rod.
The lightning would choose the path of least resistance when arcing. Tesla described butterflies who were caught in the process of having a halo around them. Coincidentally Tesla blew out several bolts at the power station when trying these experiments which later caused blackouts.
12. Tesla Wireless
Tesla came into speculation when he began building a massive tower on long island. The tower was 186-foot tall tower and when first built Tesla did not disclose much about why it was there.
It was originally thought that He wanted to beat Guglielmo Marconi at sending the first wireless message however when beaten Tesla revealed that his true motive was to transmit wireless power. The project failed due to financers pulling out after he was beaten to creating wireless transmission not concerning power.
Nikola Tesla was a great mind who still to this day holds secrets behind classified information. Click here to see secrets that Tesla tried to reveal!