# It's Albert Hofmann's Birthday

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-albert-hofmanns-birthday/433104>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 11, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-albert-hofmanns-birthday/433104 "2008-01-11T08:00:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-albert-hofmanns-birthday/433104/1 "2008-01-11T08:00:08Z")

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[Albert Hofmann](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann) turns 102 today. Truly remarkable—biochemists almost invariably live a long, long time. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-albert-hofmanns-birthday/433104/2 "2008-01-11T08:20:22Z")

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Consarned yippies. I suppose he’s gonna dust off that American flag shirt and go parading around in it now.