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  **Young Life** I bet you don’t know who Nikola Tesla is well I am going to tell you all about his young life. Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan Austria Hungary July 9, 1856. He came to America in 1884 then started to work with Thomas Edison. He attended school at Higher Real Gymnasium in Karlovac. Nikola had one brother and 3 sisters (Dane, Milka, Marica and Angelina). Dane died when Nikola was young. The Tesla family took Danes death very hard. Nikola was a very smart boy, he knew 6 languages before he was 10. 

Inventions **Nikola probably gave thought to most of the electronics in your home. Nikola sent radio signals 30 miles up the Hudson River. Nikola made brighter improved light with less heat. In September 1898 he demonstrated his remote control boat. Nikola was performing in front of many people letting them control the boat by giving the boat commands**.

Late Life
=== Tesla became more obsessed with his work in his late life. Tesla read many books. He sometimes memorized complete books. People thought he had photographic memory. In 1881 Tesla had a mental breakdown. He started to see objects following by a flash of light. He often had to ask his sisters if the objects that he saw were === real. **Nikola died from heart failure in his New Yorker hotel suite on January 7, 1943.**

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