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George Washington Carver (c. 1864 [1] – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. [2] He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. While a professor at Tuskegee Institute, Carver developed techniques to ...
Paul Reubens (/ ˈruːbənz /; né Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023) was an American actor and comedian, widely known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe the Groundlings in the 1970s, and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor.
Steampunk. Original illustration of Jules Verne 's Nautilus engine room. "Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house) by Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième Siècle, a 19th-century conception of life in the 20th century. Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics inspired ...
A library book checked out in 1974 was returned to the Hopewell Branch of the Appomattox Regional Library in Hopewell, Virginia after a woman found the book cleaning out her sister's home.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images. Chicken noodle, tomato and cream of mushroom aren't going anywhere, but Campbell Soup Company plans to drop soup from its name, changing it to The Campbell's Company ...
Black Indians (American Indian with African ancestry) Total population. True population unknown, 269,421 identified as ethnically mixed with African and Native American on 2010 census [1] Regions with significant populations. United States (especially the Southern United States or in locations populated by Southern descendants), Oklahoma, New ...
Multiple staffers on North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson 's gubernatorial campaign have stepped down after a CNN report embroiled the Republican governor nominee in a scandal. Robinson was the ...
Countries known to have participated in the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program, according to the 2013 Open Society Foundations' report on torture.The map includes countries that hosted CIA-run black sites, allowed for or aided the illicit kidnapping of terrorism suspects, and/or detained and interrogated suspects in their own facilities in coordination with the CIA.