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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was famous for his work with peanuts?
A
George Washington Carver
B
Swift and Armour
C
George Eastman
D
Henry Bessemer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -George Washington Carver was an agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts (though not peanut butter, as is often claimed), sweet potatoes and soybeans.

Detailed explanation-2: -In all, he developed 300 products from peanuts and 118 from sweet potatoes, in addition to new products from waste materials including recycled oil, and paints and stains from clay. Carver is best known for his research into alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.

Detailed explanation-3: -As the “Father of the Peanut Industry, ‘’ George Washington Carver developed more than 300 uses for peanuts, including chili sauce, shampoo, shaving cream and glue, to help save agriculture in the South. His humanitarian efforts were well documented and his innovations were so popular that even Franklin D.

Detailed explanation-4: -George Washington Carver ( c. 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. Diamond, Missouri, U.S.

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