In honour of the start of #BlackHistoryMonth meet the mechanical engineer and inventor whose products gave us the phrase "the real McCoy". Born in 1844 Elijah McCoy was a prolific inventor who held 57 patents. His most famous invention was an automatic l… https://t.co/KaqMlUlBhj pic.twitter.com/E3EnalOaSh

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