Nikola Tesla once worked for Thomas Edison but quit after being promised—and then denied—a $50,000 bonus for improving Edison’s motor design. Tesla later pioneered the development of wireless electricity and even claimed to have invented a "death ray." His eccentric habits included sleeping just two hours a night, and he avoided pearls, which he reportedly found unbearable to look at. Tesla’s obsessions with cleanliness and order were also legendary.

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