69-Year-Old Man Threatens Lawsuit Unless the Government Legally Lowers His Age by 20 Years

Two Steps Back

The disconnect people may feel between how they act and how old they are is a conflict between chronological age and subjective age. Regardless, age discrimination is real, and there have been documented instances of prejudice toward the elderly in many realms.

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The More You Know

  • In 1966 and 1967, soldiers testing Agent Orange in Canada were told the chemical was completely safe and sprayed it on each other to cool off.
  • Holding a sneeze can be dangerous.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • A Scarlet Macaw can live up to 80 years.
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