15 Things You Didn't Know About Nikola Tesla

this is millionaire mondays every Monday we present you with another multimillionaire today we're looking at 15 things you didn't know about Nikola Tesla welcome to a lox calm the place where future billionaires come to get inspired hello a lack sirs today we have a special feature on our video the man who helped power the world as we know it his genius and curiosity were pivotal in developing the engines and the electricity supply system his name is Nikola Tesla and he was a Serbian engineer and inventor although Tesla is well known for his own inventions and lately the name for Elon Musk's electric car company he was quite an interesting man with an even more interesting life story he was a smart child that could do calculus in his head a workaholic and a college dropout he had a photographic memory and spoke eight languages today the world still remembers and honors Nikola Tesla for his genius mind and his inventions he lived 86 years and kept the same elegant and neat appearance he had a strict routine for his day-to-day life and turned to vegetarianism later on if you're new here welcome be sure to subscribe and follow us on instagram at a Lux there are many things to discuss about Tesla but we have some crazy facts many people don't know about so let's get started number one he claimed celibacy played a major role in his creativity Nikola Tesla died alone found by a housekeeper in his hotel room he kept his life simple and focused on his work he sometimes used to work from 9:00 to 6:00 and then from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. all he could ever think of was new inventions not drama or women as a child he almost died so the made him very careful with his hygiene and human contact that may have kept him away from relationships too he liked to socialize with people but also very much enjoyed his solitude and work time because it was then he could develop his inventions number two the famous picture of him standing under a lightning bolt his fake because Tesla wasn't the best at attracting funds for his crazy projects the people that were supporting him had to do some marketing there's a famous picture of Nikola Tesla sitting in a chair in his laboratory and calmly examining his notes while tremendous bolts of lightning flash around him although he played with many things and inventions and believed in them that one picture is fake it was used as publicity to generate capital for new projects to capture the public's fascination with a scientist thought to be a magician by many number three before he died he lived in luxury hotels Nikola Tesla was born in a small village in Serbia that's currently in Croatia but later moved on to Austria the Czech Republic Hungary France and then the u.s. his life was full of ups and downs but as he gained more respect and popularity his bank accounts grew he lived in the Waldorf Astoria the st. Regis Hotel Pennsylvania and then in New Yorker Hotel where he also passed away in room 3327 with this he enters the elite list of celebrities that lived until their last days in hotels like Coco Chanel Marilyn Monroe or Oscar Wilde number four he used to cook at his own birthday press conferences half of his life Tesla lived in the US where he got a neutral citizenship later in life he began to acquire a taste for birthday parties it was the perfect occasion to gather people and talk to them about his late inventions he would also prepare a few elaborate dishes for his guests and invited the press as well his first press conference birthday party was held to celebrate his time magazine cover the party went so well he held it year after year and each year he was either adding new prizes medals or other honoraries to his collection number five he could have become a billionaire after working for Thomas Edison's company for a few months Tesla quit and started his own company he made a lot of money out of his hundred patents and inventions but was terrible with finances and business he could have become a billionaire 100 years ago but threw it all away so how did it happen he broke many contracts dismissed his parents that were worth 12 million dollars back then and over three hundred million dollars today because he wanted short term money over the years his royalties could have easily brought in 1 billion dollars and other billions for his relatives after his death but he didn't have the vision for that unfortunately he died alone and almost broke due to his lifestyle and choices number 6 speaking of choices he had a gambling addiction although he was a genius admired by so many Nikola Tesla had a hard time in school even as a child he struggled proving himself because teachers thought he copied because he could do calculus in his head he did finish four years of high school in three years but dropped out of college after he lost his scholarship midway through he began gambling all of his money for more than a year in fact it got so bad he went back to his family later on he wasn't able to get back and finish his studies and never graduated from the University it was a dark time for him admitting that he had failed number 7 JP Morgan gave him 150,000 dollars for a project and then abandoned him Tesla knew how to talk to people and convinced them of his great ideas and potential he wasn't the best fundraiser but he managed to convince a few powerful men to fund his ideas JP Morgan gave in to his ideas and agreed to give him one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of course like a great banker Morgan was he took 51% of his patents as collateral after a few months of seeing no progress JP Morgan stopped funding Tesla and left him in the dark because as wise of a businessman as he was he wanted to see return on his investment not failed attempts number eight he kept his deaths out of the public eye when Tesla had financial problems later in life nobody knew about them he managed to convince people to keep this a secret though he was struggling to pay the money back he had debts to hotels in New York and creditors like JP Morgan to the Waldorf Astoria he had to pay around five hundred thousand dollars in order to make that money and keep his reputation clean he demolished the Wardenclyffe Tower decades after his death at his 150th anniversary Elon Musk donated 1 million dollars towards the funding of the museum as well as having a Tesla Motors super charging station installed on site number nine he was hired by the Germans before World War one all Tesla wanted was to develop wireless communications and offer Wireless and free electricity worldwide after World War one broke wireless communication was being used to communicate with troops pilots and spies the u.s. sued the German radio company Telefunken for patent infringement to fight it the Germans brought in two physicists for their defense and hired Tesla as a witness for two years for $1,000 a month he probably took the offer because he needed the money for his labs and projects number 10 the hotel room in which he died can be booked to stay in he mentioned already that Nikola Tesla died at 86 years old in his hotel room at The New Yorker Hotel in New York City since then almost 75 years later the hotel changed its name to Windham New Yorker Hotel the room 3327 where he was found dead by the maid is still preserved as he left it and is still available to book the hotel doesn't charge extra for it but it's almost always booked months in advance most people hope that Paranormal Activity will happen during their stay but it's just excitement the room is perfectly safe prices start at 152 dollars per night depending on the season and availability and of course if you'd like to stay at a fancy and luxurious hotel ale Xers then we have the perfect video to inspire you the top 10 most expensive hotels in the world just click on the top right corner to check it out number 11 Thomas Edison promised him a 1 million dollar bonus Nikola Tesla came to New York to work for Thomas Edison's company that was very successful at the time he was a respected employee and a proactive mind but there was a certain situation that terminated their collaboration after just six months Tesla wanted to improve certain projects but Edison wanted him to focus on something else he offered him a $50,000 bonus which would be the equivalent of 1 million dollars today but Tesla didn't like the offer and quit immediately he was pursued by Edison soon after but with no success his ego was definitely bigger than money number 12 he designed the first hydroelectric power plant in Niagara Falls there are many things we should thank Nikola Tesla for he was a very concerned environmentalist and sought the world to be more careful about the resources were using in pursuit of finding renewable sources of energy he helped to sign Niagara Falls hydroelectric power plant the project took three years to finish Tesla being more of a consultant to the project the plant's power first float to homes in nearby Buffalo on November 16 1896 a statue of Tesla is now overlooking the waterfall take a look for it the next time you visit number 13 he filed a patent for a drone prototype Tesla filed for hundreds of patents during his lifetime he owned over 300 official patents and he also made serious money out of them while they were under his ownership they brought him millions of dollars and could have grasped more but he sold them in 1898 Tesla filed for a patent that is pretty much a drone he envisioned controlling unmanned vehicles via electrical waves and because he was aiming for peace he wanted them to auto destruct if ever used for evil purposes Tesla was indeed a visionary mind that helped to shape our modern world number fourteen there is a Tesla statue that gives free Wi-Fi this great inventor is highly praised back in Serbia he's currently on one of Serbia's bills he has a big official Museum in Belgrade and honors the airport with his name too he also loved and honored the US as well in Palo Alto there's a Nikola Tesla statue that's equipped with free Wi-Fi and a time capsule to be opened in 2043 the statue was funded through a Kickstarter campaign with over 127 thousand dollars and gives free Wi-Fi because that was Tesla's dream to offer free and wireless communication number 15 he was monitored by American and tell Jen's his stay in the US wasn't as smooth and carefree as he imagined it would be although he spent most of his life there about 60 years Nikola Tesla was never considered American on the contrary he was constantly monitored by American intelligence they feared that he was collaborating with the Germans or that he would be planning to bring down planes with his wireless inventions up to this day some of his work and papers are owned by the US government and are classified documents however his final resting place is not in the US his ashes lie in a tribute Museum in Belgrade over the years he took a few wrong turns and maybe didn't get the right financial advice so we're wondering what would you guys do what would you have done sells a patents or wait for someone to fund you let us know in the comments and of course since some of you are still here and stuck with us until the end what could that mean of course you get a bonus number 16 Elon Musk bought the right to use the name Tesla for seventy-five thousand dollars one of the most innovative companies in the world Tesla founded by Elon Musk had some struggles with the name at first they couldn't use Tesla because someone else had the rights for Tesla Motors so he paid them seventy-five thousand dollars for it and that was that but because it wouldn't be fair to use the name Tesla just as it was apparently they changed it a little bit Nikola Tesla's name is pronounced with an S while Elon Musk's company with a Z or Z it's a very subtle difference 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Length: 15min 20sec (920 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 25 2019