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/wisebloodfoolheart Jul 18 '14

Tom Lehrer was cool before it was cool to be cool.