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An Azerbaijani shepherd of Talysh ethnicity from the village of Barzavu in the Lerik region of Azerbaijan, a mountainous area near the Iranian border. He claimed to be the oldest person who ever lived when he died on September 2, 1973, at the alleged age of 168 years and 162 days, based solely on a passport. National Geographic carried the claim.
The subgiant star HD 140283, believed to be the oldest extant star discovered, is often nicknamed "The Methuselah Star" after the ancient biblical figure. [45] The name is also used to refer to the exoplanet PSR B1620−26 b , which is one of the oldest known exoplanets with an estimated age of 12.7 billion years old.
The oldest man verified by modern standards, and the only man with undisputed evidence to have lived to be over 115, is Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura (19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013), aged 116 years and 54 days. The oldest verified living person is Brazilian woman Inah Canabarro Lucas, born 8 June 1908, aged 116 years, 261 days.
Juan Vicente Pérez was the fourth-oldest age-verified man in history, and he attributes that to a couple of things. ... Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia, died at 112 years and 341 days old.
The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. 100 verified oldest women The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
Twice he sent hundreds of people under the direction of Xu Fu to find the legendary elixir of life, but failed. He allegedly died of mercury poisoning after he had eaten too many mercury pills, prescribed by his court doctors to make him immortal. [17] Ravana, Ravana is a mythological King in Hindu mythology. Rawana was an ambitious brahmin who ...
Tomiko Itooka was the oldest known person in the world when she died last month at age 116. ... Japan, died on December 29 at the age of 116 years and 220 days. She was succeeded by Inah Canabarro ...
Li Ching-Yuen or Li Ching-Yun (simplified Chinese: 李清云; traditional Chinese: 李清雲; pinyin: Lǐ Qīngyún, (died 6 May 1933) was a Chinese herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor, known for his supposed extreme longevity. [1] [2] His true date of birth has never been determined. Gerontologists consider his claims to be a myth ...