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remember when there used to be all these articles about how people in europe live longer than americans because they drink red wine and eat more olive oil or bullshit like that? turns out it was universal healthcare the whole time

  • frezik
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    11 months ago

    They are located in the places with bad record keeping. Not that they’re necessarily intentionally lying, but you do tend to forget how many birthdays you’ve had, and there’s nothing else to verify it.

    Jeanne Louise Calment is probably legit. She was able to answer some very specific questions. But most others over about 105 are probably not as old as they think.