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Thomas Edison invented the talking doll in 1888.
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Thomas Edison's closest friends included Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.
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Mahen Theatre in Brno in what is now the Czech Republic, was the first public building in the world to use Edison's electric lamps.
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Thomas Edison formed the Edison Electric Light Company in 1878 in New York City.
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Thomas Edison, lightbulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!
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