One can hardly speak of peanuts without speaking of George Washington Carver, the famous inventor of peanut butter. Did you know that peanut butter was just one of over 100 inventions oriented around peanuts? Carver’s list of peanut inventions includes 30 cloth dyes, 19 leather dyes, 18 insulating boards, 17 wood stains, 11 wall boards and 11 peanut flours.