Blackouts darken Brazil’s 2 largest cities

[Caliga]

One day when we all drive cars recharged wirelessly and kill our enemies with portable death rays, the world will agree with me.

[The Larch]

For some reason Edison is a very popular name down there.

I guess they enjoy naming their kids after badass Americans.  There were a couple of Brazilians around Marlborough named Jefferson.

Edison is apparently really famous outside the US. I did an exercise where kids named someone who had changed the world for the better and told why and the only American listed was Edison, and he was named in several different classes.

Why so surprised? Why shouldn't he be so well known?