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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

One of the "blue zones" (places with long lives) famously had:

So lots of 40 year olds in 1940 suddenly claimed to be and were recorded as 60. Then in 2000 100 (80), then in 2020 120 (100)

So what appeared to be exceptional lifespans were really just fraud

Though our telomere limit appears to be 120 or so, so maybe some are trying the truth