- Agricultural chemist who developed over 250 uses for the peanut.
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 1983.
- Pictured on a 3¢ US postage stamp in the Famous Americans/Scientists series on Jan. 5, 1948.
- On Feb. 3, 1998, he was pictured on one of 15 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the "Celebrate the Century" series, celebrating the 1910s.
- He appeared before the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. They were considering imposing a tariff on peanuts. Carver spoke for 45 minutes touting the possibilities of the peanut.
- Self-educated.
- Despite popular belief, peanut butter was not one of his inventions. However, soy mayonnaise was.
- Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Historical Figure.
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