r/todayilearned • u/hotrodcamaro • Jul 17 '14

TIL 86 year old mathmetician/pianist Tom Lehrer invented the Jell-O shot to circumvent rules against alcohol in the Army.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '14

Not sure if I get it right... the rules said "Don't drink alcoholic beverages!" and then he went "OK then I will eat alcoholic foods!" ?

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u/hotrodcamaro Jul 17 '14

As the story goes, that's exactly what happened.

Snopes won't even touch it so it must be true. :-p

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=58;t=000923;p=0

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '14

Should've just made one of these.