As some of you may know, I’m interested in longevity. I’m not too bothered about my personal lifespan, though it does prevail in my daydreamt thoughts time to time. I use Wikipedia as my guide to keep an eye on current supercentenarians (i.e. anyone above 110), especially Walter Breuning, the world’s oldest man. Kama Chinen, who I’ve monitored once in a while for some time now died yesterday, aged 114.
So what? She was 114 (a few days away from 115 as a matter of fact), why should anyone care? Well, it’s not so much the person themselves I care about (except from Walter Breuning), it’s the fact that we’re losing years of the nineteenth century faster than we’re gaining years of this crappy century. I don’t know about you, but I like to live in a world where I can still say “there’s someone alive that was born in 18XX”.
Anyway, 1895 is gone and we’re on 1896 now, and I will be pissed when this one goes too. I’m talking in terms of the verified though as there are a few disputed claims, but whatever.
That’s that, but did you know that the world’s longest recorded lived organism was 250 million years old?
So what? She was 114 (a few days away from 115 as a matter of fact), why should anyone care? Well, it’s not so much the person themselves I care about (except from Walter Breuning), it’s the fact that we’re losing years of the nineteenth century faster than we’re gaining years of this crappy century. I don’t know about you, but I like to live in a world where I can still say “there’s someone alive that was born in 18XX”.
Anyway, 1895 is gone and we’re on 1896 now, and I will be pissed when this one goes too. I’m talking in terms of the verified though as there are a few disputed claims, but whatever.
That’s that, but did you know that the world’s longest recorded lived organism was 250 million years old?
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