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[–] [email protected] 103 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This photo reminds me of the story of Jeanne Calment. At 90 years old, she signed a contract with a lawyer which stated he would inherit her apartment upon her death, but he would pay her 2,500 francs per month until the time came.

Her lawyer died 30 years later, when Jeanne was 120. His family continued making payments to Jeanne until she finally died at 122 years old, by which time she had been paid more than double what her place was worth.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think her daughter may have started impersonating her at some point but there was no way to prove it so they had to keep paying.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Wow that was a fascinating rabbit hole. I think she was probably legit, but the fact that nobody else has broken 120 years is somewhat perplexing. The big gap between her and second place is statistically very unlikely, but there is also a lot of positive evidence mentioned in that article that's hard to refute.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

Taking out life insurance on your client, with your client.