US PR blogger Mel Seasons made a note in her facebook profile on what could prove to be a cheeky viral site prior to the US elections. Things younger than John McCain is what it says on the tin: a blog listing things that were invented, discovered, created or born after 29th August, 1936, the day on which Senator John Sidney McCain III first arrived in the world.

The objects, events and people singled out range from the bizarre (Scientology, the Hindenburg disaster, and Monty Python favourite – Spam) to some much more thought provoking suggestions including McDonalds, Israel, and both of Barack Obama’s parents.

After doing some research of my own, I found out that The Dandy, home of Desperate Dan and cow pie was first published in 1937, making it younger than John McCain.