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May 2018
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Thomas Edison

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We all know Thomas Edison for his inventions of the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the incandescent light bulb. But did you know that when he was a teenager, he published his own newspaper from a train baggage car?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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