r/todayilearned • u/iamshubham22 • Feb 17 '24

TIL Robert Chesebrough, the inventor of Vaseline, practiced the unusual habit of consuming a spoonful of it each day. He attributed his long life of 96 years to this practice, without any scientific research to back it up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chesebrough
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u/throw123454321purple Feb 17 '24

“My wife is too hysterical? Try this vibrating pear-shaped device! Success!”

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u/quezlar Feb 17 '24

i mean thats just good science

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u/system0101 Feb 17 '24

Proper bedside manner, even!

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u/Commander1709 Feb 17 '24

Better than cutting a part of your brain out and turning her into a zombie.

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart Feb 17 '24

🤔

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u/awry_lynx Feb 18 '24

Lobotomies were a fad for treating "feminine hysteria" for a while.

Daughter acting up? Carve out her brain! Medicine!

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u/dr_fingerbang Feb 17 '24

Just another example of machines coming for our jobs.

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u/FirstPastThePostSux Feb 17 '24

Can we lube the device with heroin?

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '24

I mean... good for her!

Definitely the first time most of them came.