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A tough old 1880's miner from Cripple Creek, Colorado counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkls a pinch of gun powder on his oatmeal every morning.
The grandson did this religiously, to the age of 103.
When he died, at the age of 103, he left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great-grand-children, 25 great-great-grandchildren, and a 15 foot hole where the crematorium used to be!