Meet the longest lived human ever -- Jeanne Calment

​

"When Calment agreed to be moved to a nursing home at the age of 110 (after she had almost set her house on fire by trying to defrost pipes with a self-made torch — long story), she made three demands: that the staff would provide a hotel-style bed turndown service for her;that every day she would be woken up fifteen minutes before everyone else so that she had time to primp herself; and, that the head doctor would allow her to call him “my dear”. Yes, she was bossy. But above all, she was an optimist, something that Robine speculates was at least in part responsible for her longevity...." [excerpt from Growing Young]