20 Boss People Not Everybody Knows (But Should)

Ever wonder why we have flushing toilets? Or who decided to start throwing naked wangs and boobs in movies?
20 Boss People Not Everybody Knows (But Should)

Ever wonder why we have flushing toilets? Or who decided to start throwing the nasty in movies? Well so did we. We asked you to show us some people that may have only gotten a sentence or two in our history books, but had a bigger impact than we could have possibly imagined. Winner got $200 ...

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LEONARDO TORRES QUEVEDO (1852-1936) Spanish engineer & inventor. Among his creations were algebraic machines. remote control devices, dirigibles, the
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This is Australian female squash player Heather McKay. In the first two years of her career, she lost just two professional matches. For the rest of h
As the Brazilian Luis Martins ambassador in de Souza Dantas occupied France during WWII Souza Dantas started to issue diplomatic visas to anyone who a
Samuel Huntington First President Of the United States President of the Continental Congress when the Articles of Confederation were ratified in March
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The lyrics for the vast majority of Elton John's hit songs were written by one man: Bernie Taupin BENNIE AND THE JETS TCH IS BACK CANDLE IN THE WIND C
Hey there! Are you an Apple fan? GNU/Linux user? Do you use a smartphone or tablet? Do you like the Internet? Meet Dennis Ritchie. With Ken Thompson,
This is Pierre Janet. His work and theories in psychoanalysis, hysteria, dissociation, and doctorpatient relationships greatly influenced Sigmund Freu
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