There's a program on most UNIX computers called 'fortune'. It's typically run when a user logs in, giving them a random witty quote or nerdy joke, etc. When I opened Terminal on my Mac just a few minutes ago, I got this one:

Very few people do anything creative after the age of thirty-five. The reason is that very few people do anything creative before the age of thirty-five.
— Joel Hildebrand

Pretty clever, and it's also from the guy who is the namesake for my lab's building. We have a lot of his awards on the first floor of Hildebrand Hall, also one of his textbooks, introduction to Who's Who, and other sundry nick-nacks. Hildebrand was a physical chemist, and was a hotshot with mixtures. He discovered all sorts of things about spectral properties of iodine solutions and general properties of solubility in so-called "regular" mixtures, a term he coined.

One of his more practical contributions was his advocacy of using helium-oxygen mixtures for deep underwater dives. His knowledge of solubility of gas mixtures led him to believe that helium would remain soluble in the body (unlike nitrogen, which formed bubbles). His hypothesis was tested and found to mitigate Caisson disease (a.k.a. decompression sickness or "the bends").

Pretty cool stuff, and another reason basic research should be well-funded—it's impossible to anticipate where important breakthroughs will happen next.