Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention “war hero”?) John McCain

Oil.

Oil is younger than John McCain.
Call it what you will - Texas tea, the stuff that George Bush couldn't find in Texas, whatever - but the Saudis first discovered oil underground in 1938… when John McCain was a baby.

(Thanks to Michelle, Hana, Kenneth, Colleen, Eliot, and others for the tip!)

 

 

 

The Chocolate Chip Cookie.

The Chocolate Chip Cookie is younger than John McCain.

OK, this is an odd one. Apparently, the chocolate chip cookie has not been around since the dawn of time. It did not evolve from anything, nor was it hanging down from the forbidden tree (or whatever it's called) in the Garden of Eden. It was, in fact, invented in 1937 by Ruth Graves Wakefield of Whitman, Massachusetts, who ran the Toll House Restaurant.

So this classic staple and friend of milk lovers everywhere is actually younger than John McCain.

(Thanks to Sean J. for the tip!)

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