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The Chemist Who Tasted Everything
He discovered oxygen two years before the man history credits with discovering oxygen.
The Man No One Could Stop
Burton pulled a javelin through his own face and kept fighting, but his wife burned forty years of his writing to save his soul.
The Woman Who Warmed the World
She discovered that carbon dioxide traps heat in 1856, and then history erased her name for 154 years.
The Girl Who Was Struck by Lightning
Her neighbors believed she became a genius because lightning killed three women standing next to her when she was fifteen months old.
The Woman Who Discovered Climate Change from Her Seat
She discovered the greenhouse effect in 1856, then sat in the audience while a man read her paper aloud because women weren't allowed to present their own work.
The Movie Star Who Invented Your Wi-Fi
The Navy told Hedy Lamarr she'd be more useful selling kisses than inventing torpedo guidance systems.
The Worm Who Rewrote Physics
The four equations that power every phone on Earth were written by a man who lived on granite blocks and signed his letters W.O.R.M.
The Woman Who Crossed Out the Stars
She discovered what stars are made of, then a famous man told her to cross it out and wrote it back in his own handwriting.