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Lonnie Johnson: The Super Soaker And Accident
I picked the person that invented the super soaker which was Lonnie Johnson.What he created was the super soaker and it was a accident.It was created in 1989. The super soaker was a accident, it was supposed to be a real gun that did something. Well he didn’t even have time to do it, but he was trying to come out with a gun for the army.Then he tried it out and it turned out to just be a water gun. Then it sold 1 billion in total sale. Then everyone started getting the super soaker until the nurf guns came out.
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