Imagine having lived during the time of the Ottoman Empire, Austro-Hungarian empire and imperial Russia and still alive today. She was almost middle aged during when WW2 ended. Amazing.

She's French. Interestingly enough the oldest verified human in history was also a French woman, at 122.

TIL that 38 is almost beeing middle aged. Made me feel a billion years old.

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The perspective is incredible. By the turn of the century, she was already 90+ years old and experienced a ton of cultural revolutions and turnover. She was so old that many people born after her had already lived and died. Incredible

Earth years or in dog years?

my dog turned 3 so we bought him his first beer.

there could be someone older than 116 who is just more discreet.

Makes sense. If they were 116 and born in 1934, that'd just be weird.

I'll beat that by at least 5 years.

It's amazing how much can happen over a lifetime.

Thanks for doing the complicated arithmetic for us!

You're gonna be born in 1902?

No, I'm 69 now.

wait, you're telling me that a 116 year old was born 116 years ago?

woah.

Nice