Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Our jobs can be draining.

Working 40 hours or more can leave us feeling run down and tired by the end of the week.

When the weekend comes, we often find solace in front of the TV or engaging in a relaxing

hobby.

Lonnie Johnson, on the other hand, he liked the tinker.

Johnson was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1949.

His father, a veteran of World War II, made sure Lonnie and his five siblings were well

educated and, most importantly, stayed curious.

And Johnson was definitely curious.

As a boy, he learned how to build his own toys.

When that stopped being interesting, he moved on to making berry launchers out of bamboo

shoots.

Johnson grew more and more interested in the sciences, especially engineering.

At 13 years old, he built a go-kart out of scraps from a junkyard and hooked it all up

to a lawnmower engine.

Rather than test it out on a track, though, he decided to let a rip on the open highway.

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