Electricity was a discovery, not an invention.

Feb 1, 2021

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When the Japanese entrepreneur Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo, electricity was still a new invention. Even street lighting at that time was mostly achieved with gas lamps, instead of electric bulbs.

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