After decades of stuffing themselves into seemingly barbaric undergarments, mostly of a corset-like nature, women aroun

A relatively recent but immensely popular addition to summertime leisure activities in the United States is the persona

Robert Koffler Jarvik, inventor of the first permanently-implantable artificial heart, was born in Michigan on May 11,

Listed among the ingredients of countless foods, such as salad dressing, ice cream, canned soup, and condiments, is a m

Most of us know Thomas Jefferson as the man who authored the Declaration of Independence, the United States’ first Secr

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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the duo who began Apple Computer in 1976, are among the most well-known revolutionaries of t

Like many inventors, Charles Johnson started inventing around the time he started grade school.  However, with his high

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Reynold Johnson was born in 1906 in Minnesota.

Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961) applied the mechanical experience that he gained at work and at war to revolutioni

In a career spanning over forty years, Howard S. Jones, Jr.

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