Theo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agoTIL that George Washington Carver didn't really invent peanut butter but just popularized it. He made some other pretty cool things like peanut rubber for WWII.nationalpeanutboard.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkTIL that George Washington Carver didn't really invent peanut butter but just popularized it. He made some other pretty cool things like peanut rubber for WWII.nationalpeanutboard.orgTheo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agosad when the guy used by many to celebrate the role of Black innovation in US history doesn’t even get a full picture painted of him most times he’s brought up!
minus-squareTheo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 hours agoAnd that I was lied to in school about him inventing it. I didn’t know peanut butter was so old.
sad when the guy used by many to celebrate the role of Black innovation in US history doesn’t even get a full picture painted of him most times he’s brought up!
And that I was lied to in school about him inventing it. I didn’t know peanut butter was so old.