elixir of life
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An "elixir of life" made from a "secret recipe" is given to the groundhog every summer which is what gives Phil his "longevity and youthful good looks", it says on the club's website.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025
Whoever can turn it invisible by bending light around it will change warfare just as dramatically as the Chinese alchemist 900 years ago who was looking for the elixir of life and discovered gunpowder.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
Each is embellished with vibrant figures and verses, which set out the process for making the philosophers’ stone and the elixir of life.
From Nature • Apr. 28, 2020
China’s first emperor ordered his subjects to search for the elixir of life in a quest for immortality.
From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2019
Traveling close to the speed of light is a kind of elixir of life.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
