Is it true that the inventor of the treadmill died at 54, and the creator of opium - at 116?

In 2021, the Russian -speaking segment of social networks bypassed the text showing on the example of famous personalities that a healthy lifestyle does not bear any benefit. We checked how correct its main provisions are.

This is what the most common version of the “motivating” text looks like:

“Eat everything you want, because:
- the inventor of the sports treadmill died at the age of 54;
- The inventor of gymnastics died at the 57th year of his life;
- The world champion in bodybuilding died at the 41st year of his life;
- The best football player in the world of Maradona died at the age of 60.
Now:
- The inventor of KFC died at the age of 94;
- Nutella investor died at the age of 88;
- The inventor of the Turkish shurme and steak died at the age of 104;
- The inventor and manufacturer of cigarettes Winston died at the age of 102 years;
- The inventor of opium died as a result of an earthquake at the age of 116;
- The inventor of the Hennessy whiskey died at the 98th year of life;
- Inventors of Afghan food (cables, Manto and Chapli-Kobab) are alive.
How did these doctors conclude that exercises prolong life? The rabbit is always mobile and lives for two years, but the turtle, which does not gain momentum from its steps, is 400 years. Rest, eat, drink and enjoy ... "

The text was most popular on Facebook, where some of his publications caused tens and hundreds reposts. Let us leave behind the brackets the fact that for several artificially selected examples it is generally impossible to draw generalizing conclusions. We are interested in purely correctness of the examples themselves. 

If you trace the history of this message, it turns out that one of its most early appearance on the Internet, if not the earliest, dates from February 28, 2021 in the Facebook group "In short, Sklifosovsky!". The publication then gained 285 reposts and can be considered the first swallow in the Russian -speaking segment. However, some unsuccessful expressions (for example, “a turtle that does not gain momentum from its steps”) suggest that we are dealing with a translation.

Indeed, English -language versions of the material are found on the network a little earlier, starting on February 20 in Facebook and in Twitter. At the same time, the abundance of posts from users and groups From India. This is not surprising - a few hours earlier the text appeared on Hindi And, most likely, it was first compiled in the aforementioned Asian country.

Now on the facts.

- William Staub, the inventor of the publicly accessible treadmill, He lived 96 years. The cardiologist who has introduced it into medicine Ryubert Bruce - 87. There is no talk of any 54 years. Perhaps the author had in mind the popularizer of running Jim Fixwho died at the age of 52 from cardiac arrest during his favorite lesson.

- Gymnastics as a sport appeared, of course, not now. This is one of ancient species, not having a famous inventor.

- The mention of bodybuilding in the “healthy” part of the list looks very strange. For professionals, this is one of the most harmful species sports, and many titled athletes really passed away in quite young age.

- The presence of Diego Armando Maradona in this part of the text of Diego Armando looks even strange. Not only is it 60 years old - this is not 40 or 50, but with all his sports greatness Maradona was simply a reference example of a man who could not control his passion for heavy drugs.

- Founder of the KFC fast food restaurant network, Colonel Harland Sanders He lived for 90 years (and not 94). This error is fixed in one of the later viral publications.

- Creator of the Nutella brand Michele Ferrero He lived for 89 years. Here the error is insignificant (not counting the not very correct word “investor”).

-if under the creator of the Turkish shawarma and steak, the inventor Kadyr Nurman, then he died at the age of 79–80 years. 104 years - this is clearly not about him.

- Edward DarrTo whom they attribute the idea of ​​creating a brand of Winston cigarettes, he lived for 69 years. The founder of the company Richard Reynolds - For a year less.

- Opium Humanity has been known to humanity for many thousands of years. In this case, we can only talk about the receipt, and not the invention of the substance contained in the head of the poppy.

- Hennessy - The world -famous brand of cognacs, not whiskey. Its founder Richard Hennessy He lived for 76 years. At the same time, it is not at all necessary that Hennesses or other the above authors / manufacturers are generally fond of the consumption of their products.

- Afghan dumplings Mantoux, pilaf Kabuli And Chapli-Kobab - Traditional dishes. At the same time, Chapli-Kobab completely came from Pakistan.

- Homemade rabbits Depending on the breed, they live on average from 4 to 12 years. Wild -Indeed, about one or two years. The most long-lived turtle in history is 189-year Jonathanwho recently overtook Toui is raspberry.

Thus, almost all points of the viral text are invented.

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