The 1020-year old man
Random News from the Newspapers on Microfilm Collection: The 1020-year old man and a mathematical puzzle. Found in the Bellingham Herald, Jan. 2, 1914, page 8: FOUTS REVEALS AGE NOBODY KNOWS; “How Old Is Fouts?” Eternal Question — Submits Mathematical Problem Showing Him to Be 47 or 1,020 — Which Is Correct? “Several millions of people, in as many aeons of time, have puzzled over that staple problem of how old is Ann. At the city comptroller’s office, however, the…