Nearest Green, America’s first known Black master distiller

Nathan “Nearest” Green was an African-American head stiller who is now more frequently referred to as a master distiller. He was renowned for imparting his distilling knowledge to Jack Daniel, the creator of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey distiller, after Jack Daniel was freed from slavery following the American Civil War. […]

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Self-taught William Kamkwamba built a windmill for his town

A Malawian teenager who taught himself how to build a windmill out of junk and bring power to his village. He then went on to build a second, larger windmill to power irrigation pumps. He did this all from books he read in the library. […]

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Hedy Lamarr, A Hollywood actress who also a mathematician and inventor

Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr was also a mathematician and the inventor of frequency hopping spread spectrum, a technology still used for bluetooth and wifi […]

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