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* 4. The [[United States]] government covered up his inventions during [[World War One]] and [[World War II]] since they were scared that the German Empire or the Nazis would develop a superweapon from his designs.
These are the facts. Everything else is [[Wild Mass Guessing|very, very much up for grabs.]] Artificial lightning? Never left home without it! (In fact, one of the highlights of any of his demonstrations was [[Crazy Awesome|shooting lightning from his fingertips.]]) [[Myth Busters|Earthquake machine]]? Probably not. [[Command
Conjecture and conspiracy aside, some of the things that we do know Tesla was either working on or had plans for are quite terrifying. Aside from the above mentioned Artificial Lightning, Earthquake Machine, and the Death Ray (a particle beam weapon, to be precise) he tried to sell to the Government, Tesla had plans (whether or not any were close to functional is of course entirely up for debate) for Force Shields, Gravity Manipulation, Wall Phasing and Teleportation. You know what they say about 'genius and madness'!
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* ''Zen Pinball'' has a pinball table themed around him, and it's easily the most popular table.
* ''[[Tomb Raider]]: Legend'' had an entire level set in a secret Siberian lab that belonged to Tesla.
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* ''[[Fallout]] 3'' has higher-level Enclave soldiers decked out in Tesla Armor, which has giant glowing electric coils on the back, and gives the wearer a better handling of energy weapons.
** Books entitled "Nikola Tesla And You" add +1 to your [[Energy Weapon]] Skill.
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