Post by el Gusano on Dec 10, 2010 21:25:08 GMT -5
OK, this news is about 6 months old, but I missed it:
Census Finds Woman Who Claims to Be 157 Years Old
An Indonesian woman who claims to be 157 years old was discovered by an ongoing census, AFP reported Monday.
Census officials said they believed the woman's claims that she was born in 1853 — the year Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" debuted in Venice, the Crimean War erupted and San Francisco saw its first street signs at intersections.
"There's no authentic data to prove her age, but judging from her statements and the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult to doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said Monday.
Census officials said they believed the woman's claims that she was born in 1853 — the year Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" debuted in Venice, the Crimean War erupted and San Francisco saw its first street signs at intersections.
"There's no authentic data to prove her age, but judging from her statements and the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult to doubt it," statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said Monday.
Census Finds Woman Who Claims to Be 157 Years Old
