Mr. Tesla was six feet, six inches tall. Behaviors included:
columbiphilia,
kakiphobia,
scotophilia,
pathophobia,
spherophobia, and
triphilia. Sartorially, he was fond of wearing a
black Prince Albert coat, a
derby hat, and white
silk handkerchiefs. He hated
Marconi and was skilled in
billiards.
In 1879 Tesla briefly attended the University of Prague. In 1881 he worked for a phone company in Budapest. In 1882 he worked as at the Continental Edison Company and in 1884 he went to the United States. Many of his patents were developed by 1888 and most if not all of the rights to those patents were bought by Mr. George Westinghouse for $60,000. Tesla became an American citizen in 1891, which was the same year that he applied for 40 U.S. patents.
While testing wireless communication devices at his Colorado Springs laboratory, Tesla claimed that he had received messages from Mars via a radio receiver. In 1899-ish he produced artifical lightning 135 feet in length. He couldn't touch other peoples' hair and was repulsed by pearls. He read all 100 volumes of Voltaire.