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The famed inventor had a fear of germs - but a strange belief compelled him to befriend sick and parasite-laden pigeons. For almost 30 years Nikola Tesla fed the pigeons in Herald Square, Bryant Park...
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New York Times - May 1st, 1937
Inventor Revealed as Person Who Hires Messenger Boy to Feed 3 Flocks in City FORMERLY DID IT HIMSELF Nearing 81, He Now Finds It More Convenient to Engage Proxy for the Task A red-headed boy in a...
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New York Times - February 6th, 1935
Early yesterday morning, not so long after it started snowing, an apologetic housekeeper on the fortieth floor of the Hotel New Yorker — one flight from the roof — telephoned down to the office that...
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Tesla had many pigeons he fed and cared for, but one, he was particularly fond of. He described it as being a beautiful female bird, pure white with light gray tips on its wings. One night the bird...
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