Name: Ask History: Who Really Invented the Light Bulb
Duration: 117
Description: Thomas Edison wasn’t the only inventor to lay claim to the light bulb, so whose bright idea was it? Ask History finds out.

Thomas Edison wasn’t the only inventor to lay claim to the light bulb, so whose bright idea was it? Ask History finds out.

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Ask History: Who Really Invented the Light Bulb

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