Plus, an everlasting lightbulb, the science of hair magic, and other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.
, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors ofcan muster. If you like the stories in this post, we guarantee you’ll love the show.By Purbita Sahawas born to two formerly enslaved Louisianans in 1867. At a young age, she took on a job as a laundress, which exposed her to harsh cleansers that made her hair fall out.
Hair loss was a common issue among Black women in America in the 18th and 19th centuries. Pharmaceuticals liketo them, but Walker knew that their formulas wouldn’t work. Instead, she found inspiration in the budding industry of Black hair care products, and became a door-to-door salesperson for one such company. After just a few months on the job, she came up with her own line of products.
Walker’s inventiveness didn’t apply so much to her mixtures , but rather her emphasis on the haircare process. Black families didn’t have reliable access to clean water, so the business maven made sure to incorporate washing and scalp massaging into her regrowth solution. Of course, she was also a savvy marketer: She and her family set up shipping hubs at US rail hubs and took their sales overseas to Caribbean countries.
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