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Subscribe to The Hustle Daily Newsletter now: https://clickhubspot.com/6vl Thomas Edison is best known for inventing the light bulb, but on this day in 1877, he invented the phonograph, which is what first earned him celebrity status. It was a machine that could record sound and play it back. Video Hosted by Michael Sikand.