When Nikola Tesla, originally from Serbia, came to America he showed Thomas Edison a recommendation letter from one of his professional friends Charles Batchelor that said "I know of two great men you are one, and this young man is the other." Tesla was asked by Thomas Edison to prove his skill to fix dynamos on a ship in just one night before he could work for him in 1884 They worked together for a year, until Edison lied to Tesla about a $50,000 bonus after he improved dynamos. When Tesla asked for the bonus, Edison said, "When you become a fully- fledged American you will appreciate the American joke."
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