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Did Nikola Tesla receive "nothing but insults and humiliation"?

By @edent · fact check quote tesla · 2 comments · 950 words · read ~17,028 times.

IMPORTANT: The authenticity of this letter has never been confirmed...

I see this quote pop up occasionally: Nikola Tesla's last message to his mother: "All these years that I had spent in the service of mankind brought me nothing but insults and humiliation." pic.twitter.com/OmfbsC5GHR — World of Engineering (@engineers_feed) July 25, 2021 But what's the source of it? The most prominent source appears to be […]

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Silver Haired Bias

By @edent · BBC fact check fake news · 1 comment · 400 words · read ~203 times.

Christine Lagard's official portrait. A silver haired woman.

I was unreasonably annoyed by some media commentator on Twitter complaining about the BBC. So I decided to use data to prove someone wrong on the Internet. In a recent article, the BBC described Christine Lagarde thusly: The role is likely to test the silver-haired 63-year-old, who has admitted before that she lacks economic experience. […]

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