An agricultural chemist of international fame, George Washington Carver developed hundreds of uses for the peanut, soybean, pecan, and sweet potato. He wanted to help the poor southern farmer whose soil was depleted from years of raising cotton. His discoveries from these plants included shaving cream, salad oil, instant coffee, vinegar, cold cream, synthetic tapioca, and non- toxic colors, from which crayons were eventually created.
A Congressman once asked Carver where he learned all these things. He said from an old book, the Bible. The Senator was amazed that the Bible told about peanuts. Carver replied that it didn’t, “But it tells about the God who made the peanut. I asked Him to show me what to do with the peanut, and He did.”