🎂 Percy Julian, chemist of soybeans (1899)
Where: Montgomery, USA
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📅 On This Day: April 11
April 11, 1899: Percy Julian, chemist of soybeans. American chemist Percy Julian was born on this day in 1899 in Montgomery, Alabama. He faced unfair treatment because he was Black, but he kept studying. He found ways to make medicine ingredients cheaply from soybean oil, helping many patients.
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🧠 Question of the day
What did Percy Julian use to make medicine ingredients?
- Corn husks
- Seawater
- Soybean oil
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Answer: Soybean oil
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What happened on April 11?
April 11, 1899: Percy Julian, chemist of soybeans. It happened in Montgomery, USA.
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