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Mad scientist who invented wireless communication

By Kenneth Kwama

Nikolai Tesla, the Serbian who invented alternating current and wireless technology was so obsessed with the number three and could not enter a building before walking around it three times. He only lived in hotel rooms, and every room number he chose had to be divisible by three.

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