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The Edison and Ford Winter Estates are a home base for history buffs who visit the area. The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the ...

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The couple was celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary, and all the guests wondered how they could have stayed that long.