🫀 Body & Mind
What age did the oldest person ever reach?
The answer
122 years
That was Jeanne Calment from France (1875–1997). As a teenager in Arles she met Vincent van Gogh, whom she remembered as “ugly as sin”.
Source: Jeanne Calment: The oldest person ever – Guinness World Records
Asked in Plain #19 on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
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