[Skooz]

But he died penniless and insane, still trying to make a phonograph needle out of a peanut.

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But he died penniless and insane, still trying to make a phonograph needle out of a peanut.

Wrong. You're mixing up Booker T. Washington with George Washington Carver. Carver worked with Booker T. at Tuskegee. But there's nothing to Carver inventing any phonograph needle.

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