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By Corey Deitz, About.com

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2. The Inventor of FM Climbed Like A Monkey

Top 10 Weird Things About Radio

Edwin Armstrong, the man who invented FM Radio, had a penchant for climbing radio towers. Sometimes he would climb to the top and hang from his heels when he got to the apex.

Armstrong once climbed RCA’s 115-foot north tower on the roof of the 21-story Aeolian Hall located in Manhattan. After sending a copy to David Sarnoff, the head of RCA, Sarnoff had him banned from the RCA building.

Oddly, Armstrong also sent a duplicate copy to Sarnoff’s secretary, Marion MacInnis, and she wound up marrying him.

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