r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/JennyFromTheBlockJok • 4d ago

The inventor of Vaseline, Robert Chesebrough, was such a firm believer in its medicinal properties that he claimed to have eaten a spoonful of it a day. During a bout of pleurisy in his 50s, he ordered his nurse to cover him from head to toe in the substance, and soon recovered. He lived to be 96. Image

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u/Go1gotha Expert 4d ago

He lived to be 96.

Yeah... but not 97!

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u/Jazzlike-Elevator647 4d ago

It's kinda hard to live to be... 9.619276e151 years old

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u/driving_andflying 4d ago

Yeah... but not 97!

Moral of the story: You eat Vaseline, you die! The proof is there, man!

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u/Insurrectionarychad 4d ago

For back then that was impressive. Especially since he was eating VASELINE.