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Meet the Oldest Person Ever Documented: Jeanne Calment Lived from 1875 to 1997.

Lifespan: 122 years and 164 days — the longest ever verified.

Her lifestyle was anything but ordinary:

Smoked cigarettes for nearly 100 years

Drank a glass of port wine every day

Ate nearly two pounds (about 1 kilogram) of chocolate each week

Rode a bicycle until the age of 100

Lived independently until 110

She outlived both her daughter and her grandson, and became a global curiosity in the study of aging.

Jeanne attributed her long life to olive oil (which she used both in her food and on her skin), a stress-free mindset, and daily pleasures.

While science doesn’t recommend her habits, her story is a fascinating exception — a testament to how unpredictable the human lifespan can be.

It's important to note that while Calment's lifestyle choices are well-documented, her extreme longevity is considered an outlier, and such habits may not yield similar results for others.