The title of the oldest person ever is held by French woman Jeanne Calment, who lived to 122 years 164 days, according to Guinness World Records.

According to the Holy Bible, the first generations of man lived much longer. Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.

Genesis 5:27 (KJV) And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Most of what we have been taught is upside-down. We are told people are living longer because of modern medicine, but actually it is the opposite: people are weaker and more sickly in this generation.