TALLEST Person Ever to Live
Robert Pershing Wadlow: He would have been 100 years today, if he had lived
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BRAINY BEAUTY: Ms. Hedy Lamarr ➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗➗ ☑❎ Ms. Hedy Lamarr, who made her mark in Hollywood as an actress, also had a keen eye and interest for invention. ☑❎ Her patent with George Antheil shared below revolving around frequency hopping is estimated to have generated a market value of around $30 billion, but for most of her life, her creative and inventive ability was never recognized, financially and scientifically. ☑❎ When Ms. Lamarr shared her invention to Navy, the patent was not only discarded at that time. Moreover, instead of getting appreciation for her effort, she was asked to champion the sales of war bonds through her celebrity status. To add insult to injury, the invention was filed away due to its military applications, and was not commercially utilized until the year, 1962, when the patent already expired. ✔☑ By the way, do you know who used that patent commercially for the first time? US Navy in 1962 🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽 Here is a gist of what happ...
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