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Can you imagine what it must have been like for a person to live during the 1800’s. They had no air conditioning, antibiotics, x-rays, microwaves, cars, telephones, computers, internet, video games, e-mail or almost any modern technology that we in modern times take for granted. One technology that hasn’t yet been invented, is the time machine which would make it possible for us to travel back in time and experience the 1800’s, the prehistoric eras or even the future. Although the time machine seems impossible and implausible so were all the inventions listed above before the year 1900…
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Very few people are lucky enough to become centurions; people who live to 100 year olds! Only around .01% of the American population makes it to this incredible milestone! Now with that being said even less people make it to 110 or over. In today’s story we will be featuring a very special woman named Emma Morano hailing from Versailles, Italy. This incredible lady is the last verified person living who was born in the 1800’s! The amount of change she has witness as the world completely transformed around her from the day she was born on November 29, 1899 to the modern day.
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Not only is she the last person born in the 1800’s to survive, but she also holds the record for the oldest Italian person ever, and the 2nd oldest human from Europe who has been verified and documented. She was the oldest of her 8 siblings, married young and lost her only child tragically at the age of 6 months. Her marriage was very toxic and unlike many married couples of her day she and her husband split up. She worked at Collegio Santa Maria, cooking in the kitchen until she retired at the ‘young age of 75’!
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She revealed her 5 secrets in an interview she had recently. 2 of these secrets were one glass of freshly made drink Grappa and she also said that being single was a huge factor in her living for so long. In the video below she also reveals 3 other secrets that are completely unexpected but I’m busy over here taking notes during her interview so I can hopefully live to half or 3/4 of her age!
Watch the video below to see her interview and the unexpected reveal of her 3 other secrets to longevity:
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