It’s misleading because century plants, a type of agave producing brilliant yellow blooms at this time of year, don’t live for 100 years. More like 10 to 30 or perhaps 40 years, according to ...

Similarly, whilst GlaxoSmithKline’s origins can be traced back as far as 1715, it was only in the middle of the 19th century that Beecham became involved in the industrial production of medicine ...