Ummm, yes and no. Tesla did work for Edison, and Tesla was promised a $50,000 bonus for some work that he never recieved. Popular legend has it that Edison himself offered the bonus and then refused saying "You just don't understand American humor" (or something to that effect), implying that he wasn't serious when he made the promise. In real reality it was probably just one of Tesla's managers that screwed him over, but the Tesla vs. Edison version is much more fun!

There will be "hard fork" in time that happens in Part 2. The story ended up being a little longer than I had intended, so I felt that I needed to break it up. I'll probably post the rest tomorrow.

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