💡 Lewis Latimer's carbon filament made light bulbs last 10x longer
🚦 Garrett Morgan's traffic signal saved countless lives
📺 Color TV was invented by a 23-year-old Mexican engineer
🚀 Katherine Johnson's calculations put the first Americans in space
💊 The birth control pill was co-created by a 26-year-old Mexican chemist
👁️ Dr. Patricia Bath invented laser cataract surgery
🥜 George Washington Carver developed 300+ peanut products
💧 Super Soaker inventor Lonnie Johnson was a NASA engineer
💡 Lewis Latimer's carbon filament made light bulbs last 10x longer
🚦 Garrett Morgan's traffic signal saved countless lives
📺 Color TV was invented by a 23-year-old Mexican engineer
🚀 Katherine Johnson's calculations put the first Americans in space
💊 The birth control pill was co-created by a 26-year-old Mexican chemist
👁️ Dr. Patricia Bath invented laser cataract surgery
🥜 George Washington Carver developed 300+ peanut products
💧 Super Soaker inventor Lonnie Johnson was a NASA engineer
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      George Washington Carver

      Agricultural Innovations & Peanut Products (1896)

      Born into slavery around 1864, George Washington Carver became one of the most prominent scientists and inventors in American history. He developed over 300 products from peanuts and revolutionized Southern agriculture through crop rotation.

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