Remember the crowd-funding effort to build a museum to honor scientist Nikola Tesla that Matthew Inman, creator of the Oatmeal started? Well guess what. In a week he already reached his goal of $850,000. Wow. The funds will be used to buy land in Shoreham, N.Y., where Tesla’s last laboratory was located. Now this does not mean there will be a museum there right away, in fact, this was just to cover buying the land. More money still needs to be raised to build on it, but that can be another crowd-funding effort.
There is still plenty of time to kick some $$ into this effort. Check out some of the cool things you can get.
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$3Tesla loves the number 3
And if you donate $3, Tesla will love you too. If he were alive today he’d totally high-five you and compliment your haircut and/or mustache.
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$25Photo of Nikola Tesla
An 8×10 photo of Tesla, printed on glossy paper.
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$33Tesla > Edison bumper sticker
Donating $33 will get you a “Tesla greater than Edison” bumper sticker: http://is.gd/GQTCGj
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$50T-shirt + Bumper sticker
Includes a Wardenclyffe t-shirt and a “Tesla > Edison” bumper sticker. Please specify your shirt size: child(one size), adult ( S, M, L, XL, XXL) .
SOLD OUT! – 3400 Claimed
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$50T-shirt
The t-shirts are back! One size only – Adult Large.
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$100Shirt/Bumper Sticker/Tote
Includes a Wardenclyffe t-shirt, “Tesla > Edison” bumper sticker, and a Wardenclyffe Tote Bag. Please specify your shirt size: child(one size), adult ( S, M, L, XL, XXL) .
SOLD OUT! – 1001 Claimed
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$333Signed Tesla Geek Booklet
$333 will get you a signed, numbered booklet (like a mini comic book) of “Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived.” http://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla They’ll be signed and numbered by Matthew Inman, AKA The Oatmeal, and we’re only doing a limited run of these booklets.
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$500Mug + every else above
Includes a Wardenclyffe t-shirt, “Tesla > Edison” bumper sticker, Wardenclyffe Tote Bag, a Wardenclyffe poster, and a coffee mug. Please specify your shirt size: child(one size), adult ( S, M, L, XL, XXL) .
SOLD OUT! – 50 Claimed
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$1,000Autographed poster
An autographed Wardenclyffe poster signed by Tesla’s last remaining relative, William Terbo. Also includes all the above items: Wardenclyffe t-shirt, “Tesla > Edison” bumper sticker, Wardenclyffe Tote Bag, a Wardenclyffe poster, and a coffee mug. Please specify your shirt size: child(one size), adult ( S, M, L, XL, XXL) .
SOLD OUT! – 40 Claimed
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$2,500Admission to Tesla Event
Includes all of the above perks (shirt, poster, etc) plus admission to a Tesla event at the New Yorker Hotel in January.
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$3,333Custom Oatmeal portrait of you
If you donate $3,333, I will draw a portrait of you in the style of an Oatmeal comic. I will happily give you extra eyeballs or beaver feet or whatever other body parts and accessories you require.
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$33,333Feature on TheOatmeal.com
If you donate $33,333 I will write a blog post about you, your company, or your product on TheOatmeal.com. My site averages 7 million unique visitors and 30 million page views. In the three years TheOatmeal.com has been online it’s been read by over 100 million people and received nearly one billion page views.
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