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Sen. Jim Inhofe Is Older Than Radar

Radar antennas on the roof at 140 West St., of the New York Telephone Company, showing skyline of downtown Manhattan, Oct. 31, 1945 (left) and Senator Jim Inhofe at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 2022 (right).
Radar antennas on the roof at 140 West St., of the New York Telephone Company, showing skyline of downtown Manhattan, Oct. 31, 1945 (left) and Senator Jim Inhofe at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 2022 (right). Photo: John Lindsay / Graeme Sloan (AP)

Sen. Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, was born on November 17, 1934, a year before the invention of radar in 1935 by Scottish physicist Robert Watson-Watt.

Inhofe once brought a snowball onto the floor of the U.S. Senate in 2015 during an infamous effort to “disprove” climate change. But all Inhofe proved was that maybe men in their 80s should hang up their hats and enjoy a nice retirement.

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