The Supercentenarians

The 12 oldest people in the world

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According to the Department for Work and Pensions' calculations, one in four British children - that's 3.3 million people aged 16 and under - will live to 100. There is one group of people, however, who might not be as impressed with the figures.

This cohort of extra-long-livers can already look back at the big 100 as a fond memory; they are the supercentenarians, officially classed as people who have lived for 110 years or more. Though the...

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