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#1 George Crum wrote a detailed recipe on how to make what we know as chips today, from measurements, to frying to time, etc before him there was no production of potato chips on any known scale, which is why he’s regarded as the founder of potato chips,
side note there is dispute that there was a similar existing recipe 30 years beforehand, but if you follow that recipe which states fry a potato wedge without any specific time you’d get a French fry, Crum’s recipe was the only recipe to kickstart chip production which is why he is considered the inventor of potato chips
#2 He discovered how to pollinate vanilla by hand, teaching others instead of waiting on bees to do it basically increasing production ten fold
#3 He co invented the gamma cell device, basically the cellphone, with one other man, but without him the cellphone wouldn't exist ooooooooooh!
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#12
Well that's all at the moment imgur hope you enjoyed
Niittomies
The fuck is black history month?!
didntLikeThatUsername
If Black History Month was ever necessary, it surely isn't now. And from the comments it looks like this list is littered w/ inaccuracies.
LittlePinkAnimal
#1 the first recorded recipe is from 7 years before his birth, so no he didn't invent them.
MerryJoe
Otis Boykin stole 4 other people's foreheads and added them to his own
fdtudkfjdhkfd
Was skimming for this before commenting. You could play a full 18 holes of golf and have a picnic on that shit
moumou0
Soon many bullshit in a single post.
Garouleloup
It made FP so it must be true
fdtudkfjdhkfd
Many bullshit, so inaccuracies, wow
Lowestscoreever
About the claim of inventing fiber optics cable and solar cell... You might want to look it up. Jackson is an outstanding physicist but
justanotherdescendingangel
Yep and #3 created a gamma ray cell used in gamma ray detectors not the cellphone.
benjza
Bullshit detected!
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
#1 you skipped the best part, he 'invented it' out of spite! customer kept complaining the potatoes where cut too thick! but loved the chips
crimsondog
except it's false, potato chips were a thing long before him.
aReasonableMan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10965628/Crisps-buoyed-Britain-in-its-darkest-hour.html
aaaloha
We wuz inventors n shit
DumlenKarlsson
Pretty sure Otis Boykin didn't invent the pacemaker, he just had the patents for it. Rune Elmqvist and Åke Senning are known for it.
DumlenKarlsson
"Boykin's most famous invention was likely a control unit for the artificial heart pacemaker." A control unit, not the pacemaker itself.
Mushroombadger
Absolutely no sources. Just how I like it!
NuclearChimichangas
Fucking awesome! Just a quick thought:
NoahLiot
At least half of those are false.
PapaSloth
Mark Dean: holds 3 of the 9 patents for being co-creator of the IBM PC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dean_(computer_scientist)
MagChem
Good sauce thanks
moodytravesty
A Gamma-Electric cell has nothing to do with cell phones. Neither does Henry T Sampson.
iprobablydontlikeyou
#11
januskincaid
The real question is what the hell is #12 about? Did Black Dynamite bag a shit ton of groceries or something? What am I looking at?
xenburnn
A lot of these aren't exactly true, such as the solar cell and fiber optic one. Building a better mousetrap is great, but not original.
cklepper
I don't believe any of them are true.
cheesypundit
Yeah, that's the one I was most sceptical about, turns out it's totally inaccurate.. I suspect a lot of others are the same.
Mushroombadger
This video debunks a lot of these: https://youtu.be/860FnDGISNg
TommyWa
"Wrong" - Donald Trump
Paladin4life
For everything else you can thank White People and Asians
KNDBS
It sickens me when people spread misinformation and try to rewrite history, this list if filled with fake stuff. downvoted
KNDBS
btw, not saying all of this is fake, but many of the pics are, and they're spreading misinformation and lies. please don't do that.
TheNortherner
When you start off with one that is verifiably false I start to doubt all the other ones. Get your facts straight.
KNDBS
As stated before, this list its extremely inacurate and fake and also #10 its totally wrong, rené lacoste wasn't black at all.
KNDBS
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/paris-france310588legendary-french-tennis-player-jean-rene-lacoste-picture-id475764708?s=594x594
KNDBS
that or he's the whitest looking black in history
KNDBS
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/paris-france310588legendary-french-tennis-player-jean-rene-lacoste-picture-id475764708?s=594x594
kmikl
Not to diminish the work of these folks, This thing here is applicable:
MemeDissector
You did not invent the potato chip. A British chef did. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_chip
thereisonly2genders
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justanotherdescendingangel
#3 and #4 are both wrong. 3 invented a gamma ray cell used to detect gamma rays not a cellphone and 4 other people invented fibre optics
moodytravesty
the cell that 3 invented is used to call you when it detects gamma rays.
Byclopscyclops
Came to say this, there is also no mention of her inventing solar cells
MidiArbite
In one project or independently?
klavenism
Fuck Shirley.
AwkwardBiblophile
Ah found the RPI guy.
redleef
Ah so you went to RPI as well
klavenism
Lol. Yes.
arcgap
Just a note #1 proves that they are chips and not crisps
shhep
Just a note, language varies, don't shit yourself outta excitement.
aReasonableMan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/10965628/Crisps-buoyed-Britain-in-its-darkest-hour.html
LittlePinkAnimal
it proves nothing, since the fact is false. The earliest known recipe is from 7 years before he was born. It's a recipe from England btw 1/2
LittlePinkAnimal
2/2 but they didn't call them crisps or chips. "Potatoes fried in Slices or Shavings" was the name of the recipe.
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LittlePinkAnimal
let's all start calling them shavings and stop with all the Crisps - Chips stuff!
arcgap
Read it, that recipe would produce nothing like a potato chip, 1/4 in cut or peeled shavings and no indication of frying until crunchy.
JeremyBeadlesStrongerHand
Great, first we have to deal with Brexit and now we're going to have to legislate to stop people calling them crisps.
DanGleebles
Or does it just mean that the author of this post is a yank?
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
saratoga springs, ny, usa
infeliciter
Nope, they were called "Saratoga Chips".
Skittleballs
Weitdest nickname for 'muricans I ever heard.
MemeDissector
And before that they were called "Potatoes fried in slicings or shavings" because they were invented in Britain in 1812
arcgap
no that recipe would never produce a potato chip, slab french fries maybe
MemeDissector
Oh sorry, could you give me your 18th century british recipe from a single archaic cookbook. I wasn't aware you knew how to make them.
trinxter
and the winner is...
jdog34
The alternative facts are strong with this post.
HowlingDysphoria
This post has been brought to you by the Spicer & Conway Foundation
Nibbets
I like Bo Burnham's "everything except peanut butter was invented by white people" according to history class
theworstpersonontheinternet
It's revisionist history at it's finest.
NotQuiteDeadYetPool
The sad thing is white people invented peanut butter too. George Washington Carver invented tons of other uses for peanuts though.
Herathyon
Peanut butter goes back to the Aztecs. Well, a paste very similar to peanut butter
NotQuiteDeadYetPool
Well, peanut butter as we know it today was invented (patented) by Marcellus Gilmore Edson.
shark805
Don't forget George Washington Carver. Inventor of peanut butter, peanut oil, and other peanut-related things.
cheshirecat00
Thanks for the reminder though I'll remember to add that to the next inventor post
simsom4343
So... when is white history month? it seems like this post is basically taking a list of inventors and just removing all references to 1/2
simsom4343
white people, also why is there a black history? do we have to restrain black people to 1 month only? 2/2
inzane
Please no more posts. You're about as factual a source for information as the History Channel or the flat earth society.
DrewSf29
In an episode of Good Eats Alton Brown says that while Carver invented many peanut related things, he didn't come up with peanut butter.
shark805
Sure enough! Sadly, that means my 1st grade report on him was horribly wrong.
idiotn00b
Watch out, the illuminutty will come after you
Rastneerie
You, I like.
FeersumEndjinn
Serious point - let's drop Black History month. How about we just call it "History"? As Morgan Freeman says, why relegate it to a month?
vGHazard
This, yet a white history month would have everyone in arms
gamblingpoet
Because there is a lack of white history being taught in schools. Really? This BS is stupid and I'm tired of it. Stop acting like an idiot.
LemonsAndGarlic
Many black people disagree with Morgan Freeman. Ignoring problems with race in America doesn't magically make systemic problems vanish.
FeersumEndjinn
I'm not saying MF is right about everything, but I do agree that history is history, and black history month doesn't help as it feels if 1/2
FeersumEndjinn
2/2 relegating it to a month somehow lessens the history of black people, I.e. "It is only deserving of a month" which is bullshit.
FeersumEndjinn
History is history. Yes there is black history and the evolution of culture, and mistakes (slavery) to learn from and never repeat,
gamblingpoet
The reason BHM exists is because there is a need for people to learn about the contributions blacks have made to society. You can't just
gamblingpoet
say "where is White History month!?" because there is no need for it, it is taught automatically. Black men and women continue to be ignored
gamblingpoet
HELL look at what Trump said about Frederick Douglass, one of the most important people in our history. He didn't know SHIT about him.
FeersumEndjinn
As long as you make that distinction, there will be racism. If you're happy with that, knock yourself out.
FeersumEndjinn
But the best way to reduce racism? Stop talking about it and treating things differently. If I asked for Ehite History month, I'd be racist
TheEldread
There's no need to ask for white history month as that is the default history taught in school and elsewhere.
TheEldread
Also, no issue can go away by stop talking about it long enough. Nothing is solved that way. It may be uncomfortable but it must discussed.
FeersumEndjinn
Imgur really isn't the best medium for this - what I mean is, stop talking about it as if it is something distinctly different.
TheEldread
Ok got it.
Spacemayo
Can confirm am Ehite.
FeersumEndjinn
There is always one! :D
januskincaid
Fuckin ehites... takin all my ojbs and ealth arec and stuff...
gamblingpoet
No. Just because Morgan Freeman says it doesn't make it true. Why do you only listen when he talks, but not the other hundreds of black men
gamblingpoet
and women who say otherwise? Ignoring it doesn't make the problem go away, it makes the problem continue because they will see the racist
gamblingpoet
behavior as acceptable. Seriously, let me just ignore the white guy that walked into my church/mosque and shot everyone. That'll make the
FeersumEndjinn
You miss my point that I've already replied to above - don't ignore it, but don't treat it as inherently different - you are creating a 1/2
FeersumEndjinn
2/2 division where one doesn't need to be. Talk about it as much as you want, shout from the rooftops, but all year round, not just 1 month