My old phone died and I had to get a new phone. I didn't even think about it when buying it, but I got an apple phone that has Siri on it. Well I randomly started asking Siri all these random questions, and one of those was 'who is the oldest person in the world?' It was a person whose 125 in Japan I think it was, but they've only been the oldest person in the world for the last 2 1/2 weeks. Well I got Siri to look up who was the oldest person in the USA. That person is a lady in New York or Boston (somewhere like that) who is 113. I read on and they said that they will keep an eye on people's records through some alert. When they get alerted that someone is 110 then they'll look up info on them and try to talk to them. Well in the process of media attention they will ask them how they think that they have lived so long? I read about one person who said that they ate healthy food and kept it small on the unhealthy food. Their favorite food was fried chicken, but they kept it down on that throughout life. (but still ate it) Someone concluded it was having the next to perfect genes and only few get those genes to live past 100. Another lady said that God helped her live that long.
I found this interesting because the world is always trying to determine how something could have happened if it's out of the norm. But if you think about it the whole reason why someone would live past 100 is because God helps them live that long. It's true that eating unhealthy food could cause an early death. But most likely in those cases those people just get sick and stay sick until they're supposed to die. I've seen a lot of people who've had cancer and then survived through surgery or chemo. I knew a guy several years ago who had to do both chemo and surgery and is still alive. I don't think there are any near perfect genes out there. It's called God will let you live until your supposed to die, even if it's past 100.
I also found it interesting because they said in the USA there are 36 known people who are over 110. There could be more but birth records weren't kept very well before 1933.
Also it was wierd to think of someone being born in 1900 and still being alive now. They literally were alive through several wars, the great depression, pioneer life, internet and now the internet being on a phone. That would be pretty wierd to be alive that long.
I did realize that if I lived to 118 then I'd live in three centuries, wouldn't that be cool? I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to do that though because all the people I read about were alive but in assisted living centers or hospitals. But it would be cool to say you lived in three centuries, although this one would be the longest for me. (the 2000's) I'm pretty sure that won't happen though because I've eaten to much sugar in my life to get past maybe 80. :D
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