Also, if anyone has been to the national park named after him in Missouri, how is it?

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    11 days ago

    peanut rubber for WWII

    Ok, it sounds like you’re making shit up, although I know it’s true.
    There was also hemp oil and hemp rope, used extensively in planes and ships. Then it got criminalized (or re-criminalized, I forget) right after the war ended. Gotta keep those Dupont execs rolling in the patents money, amirite!

    Still, this is some gourmet Willy Wonka fantasy material.
    Has a comic/manga made GWC into a steampunk superhero scientist yet?