Intermittent windshield wipers

All three rejected his pitch, but nonetheless replicated the technology in their vehicles. Infuriated, Kearns sued the trio and was eventually awarded damages after a complex legal battle, which lasted for more than a decade.

Light bulb

Edison also drew heavily on Joseph Swan's (pictured) designs for carbon filament electric lighting, which had been published in the Scientific American magazine. As Swan had filed a patent before Edison, the British inventor sued him and won.

Jack Daniel's

In reality, a man called Nathan "Nearest" Green, who was actually Call's slave, taught him how to produce the drink. There are no known photographs of Nearest Green, but pictured is his son George Green seated left next to Jack Daniel (center).