on december 31st, 1879, thomas edison was standing outside his lab in menlow park, new jersey. he was staring at the glamor in the eyes of the journalists in pitch dark at that night. after a while he raised his head and took a look around and extended his arms towards a lever. after he pushed the lever, hundreds. of lights around the lab and the dirt road leading to the lab turned on. all of sudden the night in menlow park turned into day. what difference does it make who edison stole the idea of making the lights from? the thing is, the attractive show won the hearts of the capitalists and got edison closer to his dream of establishing a large light bulb making factory in new york and selling his lights. that night, not many people thought that light could make a tangible effect on the sleep of people in the world. after few decades though, as using electricity became commonplace, the concept of night that used to be the best and most appropriate time for sleep was dented. besides the farms near the equator, the light emating from. pioneering spectacle was the other side of t

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