Fun facts of the week 2/15-2/19
February 17, 2016
- Frederick Jones was an inventor who was responsible for the creation of the cooling system on refrigerated trucks.
- Leonard Nimoy fought for equal pay for his Star Trek castmate Nichelle Nichols when he found out she was being paid less than the others.
- The McKoy twins were conjoined twins who were put on display from childhood.
- February was chosen as the month to observe Black history because it is the birth month of abolitionist and writer Frederick Douglass (Feb. 14) and President Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12).
- Countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history.
