IT’S MEL BROOKS’ WORLD; WE’RE JUST LIVING IN IT: Scientists Discover Surprising Anti-Aging Power Hidden in Aged Garlic.

Well yes, the 2,000 Year Old Man admitted to this 60 years ago: “In the classic comedy routine, The 2,000-Year-Old Man, Brooks is the title character and his good friend Carl Reiner is interviewing him. When Reiner asks Brooks how he has been able to live so long, he says, “It’s simple. I eat garlic. I’ve eaten it with every meal for 2,000 years. Whenever the Angel of Death came for me, I looked him right in the eye and said, ‘Whoooo are youuuu? The garlic on my breath always sent him packing.’”