5 Unlikely Inventors

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2011

⏱️ 35 minutes

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From Marlon Brando to Harry Houdini, it's common knowledge that performers are uniquely gifted -- but several have also gained reputations as gifted inventors. Tune in to learn more about five of history's most unlikely inventors.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HouseofWorks.com.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the podcasters. I'm Thera Dowdy and I'm DuBlanche Rcoborty.
0:46.7	And if you're caught up with your history podcasters,
0:50.7	this topic makes them kind of familiar to you.
0:52.7	We did a recent episode about Heady Lamar,
0:54.7	who was a Hollywood actress once known as the most beautiful girl in the world.
0:59.7	And she didn't really have any special technology degrees or engineering degrees of any sort.
1:05.7	She was basically an artsy type.
1:07.7	She had studied the arts from an early age.
1:09.7	But with the help of composer and pianist George Ant-Hyle,
1:12.7	she somehow managed to invent and receive a patent for a frequency hopping device,
1:16.7	which she called secret communication system.
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