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Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball

Written by John Coy

What can you do with a bunch of rowdy college boys in the winter when it’s cold outside? John...

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Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super Soaking Stream of Inventions

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As a young boy, Lonnie was always building things, from bamboo shooters to rockets—he even built...

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