When Mark Twain Met Nikola Tesla
When Mark Twain Met Nikola Tesla 
In the late 19th century, two of history’s most brilliant — and eccentric — minds shared an unlikely friendship: Nikola Tesla, the visionary inventor who dreamed in electricity, and Mark Twain, the literary genius who turned wit into wisdom 
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Their worlds collided in 1894, inside Tesla’s New York laboratory — a place glowing with strange machines, humming coils, and the scent of invention. Twain, who had long suffered from chronic constipation, was intrigued by Tesla’s latest device: a mechanical oscillator — a vibrating platform designed to stimulate circulation and energy flow through the body 
.Tesla, ever the showman, invited Twain to try it. The author stepped onto the platform, fascinated by the rhythmic vibrations coursing through him. At first, he laughed, declaring that he felt “young again!” But after 90 seconds, Twain’s expression changed. Suddenly, he leapt off the machine and rushed to the bathroom — the device had quite literally “shaken things loose.” Tesla reportedly burst into laughter, remarking that the machine worked exactly as intended 
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.Despite the incident, their friendship only grew stronger. Twain admired Tesla’s intellect and often visited his lab, calling him “the greatest inventor since Edison.” Tesla, in turn, valued Twain’s humor and warmth amid the cold hum of his experiments. Together, they embodied the meeting of science and art — two men driven by curiosity, creativity, and a love for the impossible 
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