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.

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[u/gabriellyakagcwens]

From the Wikipedia page for the first Kevlar Body Armor:

The company was founded in the early 1970s by U.S. Marine and pizza delivery owner/driver Richard Davis. Davis developed the idea of a bulletproof vest after shooting three armed robbers in self-defense during a delivery.

Davis started his company out of his garage. In early sales demonstrations, he would put on one of his vests and then shoot himself, usually with a firearm provided by whatever agency he was demonstrating for.

[u/gwicksted → u/gabriellyakagcwens]

Ok, that guy is badass.

[u/eTLGb83FK2XfpRVA4NXc → u/gwicksted]

Three armed robbers for a pizza delivery driver?

Clearly the pizza chef is also a badass.

[u/cchoe1 → u/gwicksted]

Dudes also a con artist who sold shit armor to cops that failed. they investigated and found nearly half the armor that was sold to them was malfunctioning. Instead of fixing it, he dissolved the company and ran off with a bunch of money

[u/theartoffun → u/[deleted]]

This guy should be president

[u/Eastern-Tour8339 → u/theartoffun]

GOATED

[u/s0m3on3outthere → u/theartoffun]

Probably better than our two current options after the debacle last night.

[u/TFFPrisoner → u/s0m3on3outthere]

That kind of mindset is what got us here.

[u/s0m3on3outthere → u/TFFPrisoner]

This was a heavy /s joke. I'm sorry if it didn't come across that way.

[u/RollingMeteors → u/[deleted]]

“Defund the police, and find my own wallet instead” decades ahead of his time!

[u/Charlielx → u/cchoe1]

Hell yeah, much respect ✊🏻

[u/Fliznar → u/cchoe1]

So he did do some good

[u/AutumnTheFemboy → u/cchoe1]

Defender of the proletariat

[u/bigkahunahotdog → u/cchoe1]

Womp womp.

[u/xSTSxZerglingOne → u/gwicksted]

Basically John Wick.

[u/Tranxio → u/gwicksted]

Now imagine if you covered yourself with both Vaseline AND Kevlar, you would be indestructible!

[u/Emergency_Till_9639 → u/gwicksted]

Yea legendary status for sure. I bet he got crazy laid all the time 😏🤙

[u/-thecheesus- → u/Emergency_Till_9639]

I mean.. if you've seen him in video he is/was short, tubby, balding, and uses large glasses. But he's also charmingly intelligent and got a fun, goofy sense of humor with balls of steel. So who knows ¯\(ツ)/¯

[u/AutumnTheFemboy → u/Emergency_Till_9639]

Are you mentally stunted by any chance

[u/Emergency_Till_9639 → u/AutumnTheFemboy]

Indeed I am so I just go w it 😀I hope you’re having a great day AutumnTheFemBoy!🥳😆🐏

[u/mdmnl → u/gabriellyakagcwens]

Davis developed the idea of a bulletproof vest after shooting three armed robbers in self-defense during a delivery.

I worry he felt the need to invent a bulletproof vest to give future robbers a more even playing field.

"OK guys, you take what's in the till, I'll close my eyes and count to ten, but then I'm coming for you..."

[u/Capital_Living5658 → u/gabriellyakagcwens]

How did he just create Kevlar tho lol. I don’t really trust Kevlar now.

[u/jdsfighter → u/Capital_Living5658]

He didn't create Kevlar. He was just the first to use it for body armor. You can see more here.

[u/Emergency_Till_9639 → u/jdsfighter]

Interesting 🤨 still takes a bit of a loose screw to take a bullet like that…. 😎

[u/lovelyblooddevil → u/Capital_Living5658]

Well he didn’t create Kevlar, a polymer chemist, Stephanie Kwolek, invented Kevlar (Poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide).

[u/Emergency_Till_9639 → u/Capital_Living5658]

I know right?… that’s what makes him that much more of a bad ass. Shitty Kevlar product and he still would take a bullet💥

[u/Electrical-Act-7170 → u/gabriellyakagcwens]

I remember when that was happening.