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Edison was working on an direct current motor when Tesla began working for him. He couldn't make it work properly and he offered 50 thoundands dollars if he could fix the machine. That was a easy job for Tesla. Once he finished it, Edison took the offer back stating that it was a joke. Tesla took off inmediatly. The next thing Edison did, he took the patent for the direct current motor.

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Nikola Tesla left Thomas Edison's company because of a disagreement over their differing ideas on electricity distribution. Tesla believed in alternating current (AC) as the superior method, while Edison insisted on direct current (DC). This conflict ultimately led to Tesla's departure to pursue his own inventions and patents.

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Because he stole his ideas and the Tesla car was to run over him but he decided it was to mean

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