5 Things You Didn’t Know Were Created By Black People

In celebration of Black History Month, it’s only right we recognize some of the amazing contributions African Americans have made to society. Here are 5 awesome things you probably had no idea were invented by black people.

Lonnie Johnson

Lonnie Johnson, a nuclear engineer, stumbled upon the technology for the Super Soaker while working on a completely different project that involved a cooling device that ran on water instead of freon.

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5 Things You Didn’t Know Were Created By Black People was originally published on globalgrind.com

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