This week, Scott and Aaron remember George Washington Carver, whose work had a ripple effect that contributed to later innovations that saved millions of lives. Also: the Fourteenth Amendment is ratified; the Declaration of Independence is first read in New York; and Scott and Aaron reflect on the recent storms that affected our community just in the last few days.

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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss Independence Day – or Independence Days, rather, since July 2, July 9, and August 2 could also stake a claim. Also: Thomas Jefferson acts like a college freshman; North Carolina’s vote enshrines the 26th Amendment; the Medicare program launches in 1966; an early Pennsylvanian becomes the first American woman to run a newspaper; and Scott and Aaron celebrate the legibility of the Constitution. (Considering how legalese-y most laws are, it really is pretty remarkable.)

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Scott and Aaron remember several great women of American history – and a few impactful social movements, some of which (in Aaron’s words) serve as reminders that while we often say violence is never the answer, “sometimes you got to throw a rock.” This week: legendary sprinter Wilma Rudolph, a pioneering and influential African-American librarian, a woman who challenged stereotypes on the seat of a bicycle, the Stonewall rioters, the colonial Regulators, and a group of courageous Durhamites who staged a sit-in against segregation at the Royal Ice Cream Parlor in 1957.

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This week, Scott and Aaron discuss the invention of the ballpoint pen, the births of Jacques Cousteau and Anne Frank, and a pivotal Supreme Court decision that cemented our Constitutional rights. Also: the Magna Carta is signed – though whether it happened this week in history is up for debate – and the first-ever seeing-eye dog arrives in New York City.

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This week, Scott and Aaron look back on D-Day, a seminal Supreme Court case, and the woman who brought kindergartens to America. Also, the shopping cart is invented in an Oklahoma grocery store, and James Madison introduces the Bill of Rights to Congress despite his own concerns and objections – some of which, in fairness, turned out to be right.

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This week, Scott and Aaron look back at the Mecklenburg Resolves, approved May 31, 1775 as part of the runup to the Declaration of Independence. Also: the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in 1922, though it wouldn’t be understood as a symbol of civil rights until later. And Scott remembers two influential 20th-century American women, photographer Dorothea Lange and environmentalist writer Rachel Carson – both of whom found themselves forced by circumstance to take the jobs they’d always wanted in the first place.

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This week, Scott and Aaron honor historical figures whose sheer laziness led them to world-changing innovations – like bifocals and the accordion, both invented by people who just didn’t feel like shifting back and forth between two things. Also: Daniel Fahrenheit discovers an accurate way to measure temperature; Mary Cassatt becomes a famous Impressionist painter (with a little help from personal privilege); and Harvey Milk becomes a trailblazing LGBTQ pioneer.

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Everything comes full circle this week, as Scott and Aaron remember vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner and evolution teacher John Scopes. (Though Aaron’s not too keen on what Scopes did with his career after he lost his teaching job.) Also, Scott remembers a woman who sailed across the Atlantic (despite limited skills) and another woman who made major contributions to the field of astronomy – despite having no formal education. (And Scott and Aaron learn about the history of vaccination in real time, thanks to a slight date-related confusion.)

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This week, Scott and Aaron remember the 1992 ratification of the 27th Amendment – a process that began with a college student’s paper. Also this week in history: Coca-Cola is invented, originally as a ‘brain tonic’; Congress passes a bill establishing the U.S. post office (and new roads, to facilitate mail delivery); Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel; and famed 19th-century investigative reporter Nellie Bly is born.

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This week in history: the first edition of Roget’s Thesaurus is published, and a tweak to the harpsichord becomes the world’s first piano. Also: legendary writers Harper Lee and Gwendolyn Brooks are born, and the (often-imitated) work of an inventive 19th-century African-American engineer inspires the phrase “the real McCoy.”

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