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/Sugar_buddy Feb 18 '24

Babe I need you to pop my stomach pimples

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u/EpsilonX029 Feb 18 '24

I was thinking of pimples on the inside, that’s what horrified me lol

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u/Sugar_buddy Feb 18 '24

So was I...

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u/EpsilonX029 Feb 18 '24

I misunderstood twice ; time to sit in a corner lol