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Dan Rice, America’s First Famous Clown

Dan Rice, America’s First Famous Clown

Charles Fort, Chronicler of Unexplained Phenomena

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Charles Fort, Chronicler of Unexplained Phenomena

Leonora Piper, Turn-of-the-Century Medium

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Leonora Piper, Turn-of-the-Century Medium

Hypatia, Scholar and Teacher of Ancient Alexandria

Julia Margaret Cameron via Wikimedia // Public domain

Hypatia, Scholar and Teacher of Ancient Alexandria

Raymond Scott, Avant-Garde Creator of Classic Cartoon Music

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Patrick Manson, the Man Who First Linked Mosquitoes to Disease

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Larry Itliong, Leader of One of the Nation’s Most Successful Strikes

The Welga! Project

John Gorrie, the Doctor Who Pioneered the Ice-Maker

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Big Nose Kate, Independent Woman of the Wild West

Alice Guy-Blaché, Forgotten Film Pioneer

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The Olympic Sprinter Who Nearly Lost Her Medals Because of Her Autopsy

Youtube // Rob Lucas

Maria Sibylla Merian, Naturalist and Illustrator Who Changed How We See Insects

Jacobus Houbraken via Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

Forensic Science Pioneer Frances Glessner Lee

Frances G. Lee and Alan R. Moritz, courtesy Countway Library of Medicine

Henry Bergh, Founder of the ASPCA

William Moulton Marston, the Psychologist Who Created Wonder Woman

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The Great Farini, Canada's Most Fascinating Man