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February 11: A US presidential proclamation since 1983 to observe the birth anniversary of Thomas Alva Edison, an inventor with 1,093 patents. His deafness was actually an asset as he once said it allowed him to work with less distraction and to sleep deeply, undistributed by outside sounds

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