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About Andy Luscombe

Andy calls Boston home. He spends his working days with kids and his evenings on the town. Fun fact: he has a very hardcore Boston accent.

Great Men You’ve Never Heard Of: Robert Baden-Powell

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Whether you actively participated as a kid or not, the effects of scouting on the lives of young boys is readily visible all across the country. Today we celebrate the amazing contribution of scouting on the birthday of it’s founder, Robert Baden-Powell.

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Great Men You’ve Never Heard of: Alan Turing, Inventor of the Computer Program

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You sit in front of a computer all day, but do you have any idea who’s responsible for pioneering the glowing box that’s on every desk in every home and office around the world?

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Great Men You’ve Never Heard Of: Alexey Pajitnov, Creator of Tetris

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You’ve been playing the game he created ever since your first Game Boy, but do know anything about the man who invented Tetris, one of the greatest and most widespread games of all time?

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Great Men You’ve Never Heard Of: Michael Collins, The Third Apollo 11 Astronaut

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Throughout history, for every great man in public knowledge, there is at least one more, of equal importance, forgotten. In the case of Apollo 11, the NASA mission that put men on the moon, that forgotten hero is pilot Michael Collins. After all, what good is being first on the moon if no one is there to pick you back up?

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