Tasks / You May Not Know Me, But You Ought To Thank Me...
Imitate/impersonate an unknown (to the general public) but important historical figure for an entire day (rising to sleeping). Please wear period appropriate garb, vocabulary and temperment. When asked about your behavior by others share with them who you are and why you chose to be this person, how you have silently contributed to history or the improvement of their everyday life.
A few choice examples from wikipedia's inventors page
Granville Woods, (1856-1910), USA — the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph
Otto Wichterle, (1913-1989), Czechoslovakia — invented modern contact lenses
Faust Vrancic, (1551-1617), Croatia — parachute
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, (1845-1923), Germany — the X-ray machine
Elisha Otis, (1811–1861), USA — passenger elevator with safety device
Jack Kilby, (1923-2005), USA — patented the first integrated circuit
Salvino D'Armate, (?-?), Italy — credited for inventing eyeglasses in 1284
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