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Topsy the Elephant

In an attempt to discredit Westinghouse and Tesla by showing how dangerous AC electricity is, Thomas Edison electrified an elephant named Topsy.  
 
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musicfanatic6790 (17 hours ago) Show Hide
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This movie came from from the 1900's in those days they didnt had sound, sound in movies came in the 1930's
musicfanatic6790 (18 hours ago) Show Hide
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poor elephant, his trainers/ownersforced Topsy to smoke a cigarette, but Topsy didnt want it, Topsy was getting mad which i can understand it's total animal abuse, does people should be punished not the elephant!
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God I hate Edison. Tesla > Elephant killing bastard
zeitgeist3 (3 days ago) Show Hide
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Omg, I hope they have not thrown away all that yummy fried elephant
tigrisend (4 days ago) Show Hide
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why isnt it no sound
TristeroRises (4 days ago) Show Hide
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it... wasn't recorded with sound, that's why. feel free to add your own elephant screams though!
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poor elephant
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f***ing edison was a POS. Tesla is the man.
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I'm glad she at least killed three of her tormentors. They were prevented from breeding any further and producing more riff raff.

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