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aug 31 Learn More Thomas Edison Patents the Kinetograph
Why is cast iron called Pig Iron? Who was Leonidas? Where's the Sargasso Sea? If you can answer these three questions, plus 147 more, then congrats! You could work for Thomas Edison, who patented the Kinetograph movie camera on this day in 1897. Edison was a brilliant inventor and demanded just as much intelligence from his staff, so he devised a 150-question employment quiz to screen potential workers. More than 500 young men took the exam; only 35 passed.
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