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IDKMYDE: The Snack Heard Around the World Feb 10, 2026

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George Crum's accidental invention of the potato chip became a global industry—yet
few people know the Black/Native chef behind the snack.

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IDKMYDE: The Scoop We All Take for Granted Feb 09, 2026

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The modern ice cream scoop was invented by Alfred L. Cralle in 1897. This episode
reveals how everyday convenience hides Black brilliance in plain sight.

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IDKMYDE: The Marching 100- How FAMU Turned Discipline into Dominance Feb 08, 2026

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Founded in 1946, FAMU's Marching 100 didn't just redefine halftime—they built an
infrastructure of Black excellence that the world would eventually copy.

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IDKMYDE: The Open-Heart Miracle They Don’t Teach Feb 07, 2026

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Decades before medicine believed it possible, a Black surgeon performed one of the
world's first successful open-heart surgeries—and history still barely tells his story.

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IDKMYDE: The Man Who Invented Color TV... Didn't Even Own One Feb 06, 2026

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The technology behind every color screen was perfected by a Black inventor who
never received the compensation or recognition his work deserved.

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IDKMYDE: The Woman Who Integrated NASA... Accidentally Feb 05, 2026

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One Black woman didn't plan to desegregate NASA—she simply went to work. Her
presence alone dismantled segregation inside one of America's most powerful
institutions.

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IDKMYDE: The First Desegregation Case Wasn’t Brown Feb 04, 2026

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Before Brown v. Board of Education, a forgotten court case cracked segregation's
foundation. This episode restores a missing chapter of the civil rights timeline.

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IDKMYDE: Traffic Lights Started With a Disaster Feb 03, 2026

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A deadly 1912 accident led Garrett Morgan to invent the modern traffic light, quietly
saving millions of lives while history largely forgot his name.

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IDKMYDE: The Bananas Weren’t the Problem Feb 02, 2026

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In the 1930s, early standardized tests claimed Black children scored lower because
they supposedly ate too many bananas. B Daht exposes how racist "science" was
baked into modern testing—and how those lies still shape education today.

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IDKMYDE: The 100-Year Blueprint- Carter G. Woodson Was Playing Chess Feb 01, 2026

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Before Black History Month, there was Negro History Week—launched 100 years ago
in 1926 as a strategic counterattack against erasure. B Daht reframes BHM not as a
"gift" but as a long game Carter G. Woodson designed 100 years ago... and it's still
working.

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