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Jeanne Calment

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Culture, Humor, Popculture, Satire, Wikipedia, Comedy, Society, Wiki, Society & Culture, Politics, News

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Jeanne Louise Calment (French: [ʒan lwiz kalmɑ̃] ; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days, the oldest person ever whose age has been verified.[1] Her longevity attracted media attention and medical studies of her health and lifestyle. She is the only person verified to have reached the age of 120 and beyond.

According to census records, Calment outlived both her daughter and grandson.[2] In January 1988, she was widely reported to be the oldest living person, and in 1995, at age 120, was declared the oldest verified person to have ever lived.[3]

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0:00.0

The Hello and welcome to citation need of the podcast where we choose a subject

0:25.4

read a single article about it on Wikipedia and pretend we're experts

0:28.1

because this is the internet and that's how it works now. I'm no and I'm going to be the

0:31.5

butt of the old jokes tonight but to make that happen I'll have to welcome in a bunch of people who aren't appreciably younger than me.

0:38.0

First up, two men with magnificent beards, Cecil and Eli.

0:42.0

It hides some of the rest of it, so it's a total win for me.

0:45.1

Yeah.

0:46.1

And I can't wait for other forms of laziness to signify refinement.

0:50.7

I'm hoping my untrimmed pubes get me onto a library board one day.

0:54.8

Refinement is what you think of that.

0:57.2

Yeah, that's what people tell me.

0:58.6

And also joining us tonight are two other guys who also have beards, Heath and Tom.

1:04.4

Yeah, no, I don't use mine for a personality, so it's different.

1:08.5

Yeah, no, I do tall and cheap.

1:10.0

That's my wife, Noah, not a beard.

1:14.0

I don't know why nobody believes me.

1:16.0

And quick, before we get started, I wanted to take a second to remind our listeners that

1:22.0

some motherfuckers pay for this

1:23.4

shit and those are the best motherfuckers.

1:25.4

If you'd like to learn out of join their ranks, be sure to stick around until the

1:28.0

end of the show and with that out of the way, tell us Heath, what person plays,

1:30.8

think concept phenomenon or event we'll be talking about today.

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