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DRASTICALLY UNDERRATED PEOPLE IN HISTORY

Added on: 30th Jul 2016

 

JOHN HARINGTON

John Harington

Thomas Crapper didn’t invent the flush toilet! John Harrington

had already invented it 250 years before Crapper ever

even came onto the scene.

 

 

CHIUNE SUGIHARA

Chiune Sugihara

A Japanese diplomat serving in Lithuania, he smuggled

numerous Jews out of the country during World War II

by issuing them transit visas to Japan.

 

 

CLAUDE SHANNON

Claude Shannon

If you use any device that communicates digitally with

another device, you can thank this guy.

 

 

WILLIS CARRIER

Willis Carrier

This is more relevant the closer you live to the equator.

Willis was the inventor of that oh-so-wonderful thing

we call air conditioning.

 

 

HENRIETTA LACKS

Henrietta Lacks

She died of cancer in 1951 and after researchers took samples

of her cells they found that they could make the cells

“immortal” by reproducing them indefinitely. Ever since then,

immortal cell lines have played a critical role in biomedical

research and Henrietta’s cells are used in labs all over the world.

 

 

CLAUDETTE COLVIN

Claudette Colvin

She did almost exactly what Rosa Parks did, except a

little earlier. Unfortunately, however, she didn’t get credit

because she was single and pregnant.

 

 

NORMAN BORLAUG

Norman Borlaug

Norman developed high-yield, disease resistant wheat

varieties in the mid 1900’s and then helped introduce them

to Mexico, Pakistan, and India. It is said that he helped save

nearly a billion people from starvation. Today this has

come to be known as the Green Revolution.

 

 

DENNIS RITCHIE

Dennis Ritchie

He developed the C programming language, which is

what your computer is running on right now. He died

the same week as Steve Jobs but got hardly any recognition.

 


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