Today I learned on Nostr: TIL Thomas Edison's son, Thomas Edison Jr was an aspiring inventor, but lacking his ...

TIL Thomas Edison's son, Thomas Edison Jr was an aspiring inventor, but lacking his father's talents, he became a snake oil salesman who advertised his scam products as "the latest Edison discovery". His dad took him to court, and Jr agreed to stop using the Edison name in exchange for a weekly fee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison#Marriages_and_children
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