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One might think that Menlo Park, California was founded after the one made famous by Edison in New Jersey, but amazingly it's the other way around. Via Wikiped
by russellbeattie 3y ago
One might think that Menlo Park, California was founded after the one made famous by Edison in New Jersey, but amazingly it's the other way around.
Via Wikipedia:
In 1876, Thomas Edison set up his home and research laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, at the time an unsuccessful real estate development named after the town of Menlo Park, California.
- YesThatTom2 3y agoYears later, part of Menlo Park, NJ was renamed “Edison, NJ” in honor of Thomas Edison. Ofc, California didn’t adopt a similar change.
- jll29 3y agoEdison also had a winter home in Orlando, Florida. And Orlando was NOT founded by George Boole, despite containing both substrings "or" and "and" (but not "not").