The oldest verified person in the world is a woman who lived to the incredible age of of 122 years and 164 days before ...

The average life expectancy around the world is 71 years, though this varies greatly due to region and country. However, imagine outliving your expected age by not one decade, but rather 5 decades!

There is solid evidence that smoking is associated with an increased risk for benign and malignant diseases that shorten one's life span by several years. [4] Jeanne Calment smoked in moderate amounts ...

FUKUOKA, Japan -- Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest person, has died in Japan aged 119, according to a statement released by the country's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Tanaka, who was born on ...

This 1895 photograph shows Jeanne Calment at age 20. She died in 1997 at the age of 122 years, 164 days, and is the only person ever documented to have lived past the age of 119. This 1895 photograph ...