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The History of the Television

Did you know that the television was invented by a farmboy? Philo T. Farnsworth got the idea for his system while plowing a field at the age of 14. About a decade later, he became the first person to successfully make a television that transmitted image data electronically. He later moved to California and received over 300 patents related to the television and other inventions.

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