Just learned his name was Lonnie Johnson so I looked him up on wikipedia.
Found out we have the same birthday, are from the same state, grew up a few hours away from each other, and that he apparently "almost burned his house down making rocket fuel" as a child. lol TIL
SaintNewts on August 22nd, 2018 at 21:23 UTC »
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im_new_reddit on August 22nd, 2018 at 21:55 UTC »
He seems like a very nice guy.
TigerPoster on August 22nd, 2018 at 22:56 UTC »
Just learned his name was Lonnie Johnson so I looked him up on wikipedia.
Found out we have the same birthday, are from the same state, grew up a few hours away from each other, and that he apparently "almost burned his house down making rocket fuel" as a child. lol TIL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson_(inventor)