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Posted by Toby A Inkster on 03/17/07 18:51
kravemore wrote:
> http://www.kravemore.com
Taken from the above site:
| How old is Grandpa???
| I was born before:
| penicillin
| This man would be only 59 years old
A 59 year old would have been born in 1947 or 1948. Penicillin's discovery
is normally attributed to Sir Alexander Fleming, who first noticed it in
1929, although there is evidence that it has been used traditionally in
some parts of the world for thousands of years. It was used to great effect
in WWII to treat wounded Allied troops.
Also, FWIW:
| frozen foods
Clarence Birdseye (yes, really) patented his techniques for flash-freezing
food in the early 1920s and frozen food came onto the American market in
1930.
Perhaps Grandpa is gaga and can't remember his real age?
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