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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….. shit…. What about him…? I gotta google him now lol

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Made his nurse cover him in kevlar every day

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He shot himself in the head then put kevlar over the wound to prove its healing properties

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Happy cake day