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Is cicilia laurent of quebec, at 120, the worlds oldest. People from japan tend to take top honors on the world s oldest person list, the associated press reported. Jan 11, 2017 renowned pro shooter max michel already has an impressive resume, but the team sig captain is officially in the history books by setting a new guinness world record in action pistol shooting. Guinness world records on april 14, 2012, 104yearold margaret mackenzie mcalpine took the record from mary allen hardison to become the oldest female to paraglide tandem. Mar 17, 2008 this is the stuff of a worthwhile world record, a moment highlighting the richness of human potential.
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From human achievements to the extremes of the natural world, here youll find curated lists filled with some of the most incredible world records from the many thousands contained in the guinness world records database. The world record in the drag racing of the category top fuel in the quartermile race was, 4. This book celebrates the 475th anniversary of the world s oldest gunmaker, which also happens to be the oldest industrial firm on the planet. Mayors against illegal guns put out this report which found that, as of 2014, 12 states have still reported fewer than 100 mental health records to the national background check system. Last year, guinness world records named 117yearold nabi tajima from japan the oldest person in the world. World records news, views, gossip, pictures, video.
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This is a list of the oldest people by country and in selected territories. In 2017, a bible passage was compared with a battle documented on a stele. The greatest fully authenticated age to which any human has ever lived is 122 years 164 days by jeanne louise calment france. This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks.
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