Photo of Thomas Edison and his wife Mary Stilwell the night before Edison invented the light bulb (1879)

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dystop@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 3y

This post belongs in some weird limbo/union of fakehistoryporn, technicallythetruth and angryupvote.

MarsAgainstVenus@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I’m such an idiot that I opened the photo thinking my app wasn’t loading the image…

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bob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 3y

what do you mean it's not loading? try refreshing, it's a big picture, might take an hour or two to load, just keep staring at your phone.

VoxAdActa@kbin.social · 19 pts · 3y

God DAMNIT. You got me, you clever son of a bitch.

Zehzin@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3y

You know it's fake history cause Edison didn't invent the light bulb. Or anything for that matter.

odr@lemmynsfw.com · 12 pts · 3y (1 reply)

This is the type of quality content I expected from the fediverse. I was not let down.

gibbedygook@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y

you're welcome

dystop@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y

Who knew Edison and his wife dressed up as furries every night? So lucky we have a photo of it for posterity.

to_urcite_ty_kokos@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y

Wow, I always wanted to see this exact moment, very cool 😎

Alkider@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

damn, this one's hilarious

Fiech@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I just don't see it, sorry....

dystop@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

you don't see a picture of the happy couple dressed up as furries?

rkk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

i had to upvote

Impressive_Towel2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Got me, good one

LeHorror@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Candles and lamps existed before the light bulb. Gas light was a whole industry, which is why we have the term gaslighting.

rkk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

we are in this together