Thomas Edison

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Died

Thursday February 11, 1847

Sunday October 18, 1931

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Basic information

AKA
Thomas Alva Edison
Category
Others
Subcategory
Inventor
Country
United States
Birth place
 Milan, OH
American inventor and businessman 
Developed inventions such as the phonograph (in its later forms also called a gramophone), the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb.
He established the first industrial research laboratory
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Interesting calculations/facts about Thomas Edison

Generation:

Zodiac sign: Aquarius ♒ (January 20 - February 18)

Chinese zodiac sign:

Nr. of Heartbeats: 7,521,062,400

Nr. of Breaths: 1,527,715,800

Nr. of blinks (with 8 hours of sleep every day): 1,057,649,400

Hair length (if it was never cut): 2,720 cm or 27.20 meters (89 feet 3.0 inches)

Nail length (if it was never cut): 7,617 mm or 7.62 meters (24 feet 11.9 inches)

Animal Age

How old Thomas Edison would be if they were an animal.

Dog

30.21 years

Cat

37.76 years

Turtle

445.62 years

Horse

67.98 years

Cow

50.35 years

Elephant

120.84 years

Planet Age

How old Thomas Edison would be if they were born on a different planet

Mercury

742.16 years

Venus

290.55 years

Mars

95.04 years

Jupiter

15.06 years

Saturn

6.07 years

What happened on Thomas Edison birthday

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What happened on Thomas Edison day of death

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Deaths: James A. Johnson

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100 days from now, February 19, 2026, Thomas Edison celebrate 291^st Venus age
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151 days from now, April 11, 2026, Thomas Edison celebrate exactly 2150 months
162 days from now, April 22, 2026, Thomas Edison celebrate 744^th Mercury age
202 days from now, June 1, 2026, Thomas Edison celebrate 447^th turtle age

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