Who was the 2 oldest person to ever live?

On April 10 Tanaka became the second old person to have ever lived, surpassing U.S. citizen Sarah Knauss's final age of 119 years and 97 days. The oldest verified person to have lived is Jeanne Calment of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. Calment died in 1997.
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Who is the oldest person still alive 2021?

With the passing of Japan's Kane Tanaka at the age of 119 this week, the title of 'oldest living human' has been bequeathed to the French born Lucile Randon.
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Who is the second oldest person alive 2021?

Thelma Sutcliffe is currently the second oldest living American, after Hester Ford. Sutcliffe is a Nebraska native and is the oldest person ever recorded in the state at 114 years old.
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How many 110 year olds are there?

It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110.
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How old is the oldest dog?

The greatest reliable age recorded for a dog is 29 years 5 months for an Australian cattle-dog named Bluey, owned by Les Hall of Rochester, Victoria, Australia. Bluey was obtained as a puppy in 1910 and worked among cattle and sheep for nearly 20 years before being put to sleep on 14 November 1939.
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The Oldest Humans to Ever Live



Who lived more than 300 years?

According to one tradition, Epimenides of Crete (7th, 6th centuries BC) lived nearly 300 years.
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How old is the oldest cat?

The Guinness Book of World Records tells us that the oldest cat ever was a Texan named Creme Puff who survived for 38 years and 3 days, succumbing to old age in 2005. Her human parent, Jake Perry, also cared for the previous world record holder, Grandpa Rex Allen, who died at the age of 34.
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Is there anyone alive from the 1800s 2021?

Italian Emma Morano, born on November 29, 1899, is now the last living person officially recognised to have been born in the 1800s. Currently aged 116 years and 166 days, Morano was born in Civiasco, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy, during the reign of King Umberto I.
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How many 100 year olds are there in the world?

This statistic shows the number of people aged 100 and older (centenarians) worldwide from 2010 to 2100. Figures from 2020 to 2100 are estimates. In 2015, there were about 417,000 individuals aged 100 and over worldwide. This figure is expected to increase to over 19 million in the year 2100.
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How old is the oldest American?

As of 28 June 2022, it lists the oldest living American-born person as Spanish emigrant María Brañas Morera (born in San Francisco, California on March 4, 1907), aged 115 years, 116 days.
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Who is the oldest person in the Bible?

In the Bible

According to the Bible, Methuselah died the year of the flood but the Bible does not record whether he died during or prior to the flood. He was also the oldest of all the figures mentioned in the Bible.
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Who was the oldest woman to give birth?

Erramatti Mangayamma at age 74 gave birth to twins in India last week after becoming pregnant through IVF, making her the oldest person ever to give birth, according to her doctors, and reigniting debate over so-called geriatric pregnancies.
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Can a person live to be 200 years old?

Humans may be able to live for between 120 and 150 years, but no longer than this "absolute limit" on human life span, a new study suggests.
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Has anyone lived past 120 years?

The oldest known age ever attained was by Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who died in 1997 at the age of 122. Ms. Calment is also the only documented case of a person living past 120, which many scientists had pegged as the upper limit of the human lifespan.
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How old is the oldest fish?

Biologists at the California Academy of Sciences believe they host the world's oldest living aquarium fish in the world — and her name is Methuselah. Scientists believe that Methuselah, an Australian lungfish, is about 90 years old.
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How old is the oldest tree?

The story: In eastern California, a Great Basin bristlecone pine known as Methuselah has long been considered Earth's oldest living thing. According to tree-ring data, it is 4,853 years old — meaning that Methuselah was well established by time ancient Egyptians built the pyramids at Giza.
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How old was the oldest horse?

The oldest horse ever was called Old Billy, who was foaled in Woolston, Lancashire in 1760, and was 62 years old when he died on November 27, 1822.
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What the oldest people ate?

Chocolate, port wine, and olive oil

Jeanne Louise Calment was quite the mystery when she was alive and has remained that way even in her death. In 1997 she died at 122 years old, and when asked about her secrets to longevity, she said chocolate, port wine, and olive oil.
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How rare is it to live to 90?

At the end of the study, about 16 percent of the men and about 34 percent of the women survived to the age of 90.
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What are the 4 weird signs that you will live past 100?

12 surprising signs you'll live to 100
  • You're the life of the party. ...
  • You run for 40 minutes a day. ...
  • 10 symptoms you shouldn't ignore. ...
  • You make every calorie count. ...
  • You had a baby later in life. ...
  • Your pulse beats 15 times in 15 seconds. ...
  • You don't snore. ...
  • You have a (relatively) flat belly after menopause.
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Do dogs live longer than cats?

WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PETS, the bigger-is-better theory gets flipped on its ear. Cats live an average of 15 years, compared with about 12 years for dogs, despite generally being smaller. And small dogs can live twice as long as large ones.
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How long will humans live in 2050?

The Social Security Administration's middle-range forecasts indicate that in 2050 e(0) will be 80.0 and 83.4 years for males and females, respectively (table 2). The Census Bureau (CB) forecasts that in 2050 e(0) for males and females will be 80.9 and 85.3 years, respectively.
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Why did Adam and Eve live so long?

Among the many possible purposes for the prolonged life-span of the ancient patriarchs was the establishment of truth through the Lord's divine law of witnesses.
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