Today we look at the story of Li Ching-Yuen, the Chinese man who died in 1933 at the alleged age of 256 (or 197). The claim that this man reached the age of 256 (or 197) is believed to be false. The most common theory to explain this man’s claim to such extreme age is that he may have assumed the identity of an older family member or perhaps someone of the same name. An estimated 108 billion humans have ever lived, and there is currently no evidence that anyone has ever reached half the age claimed by this man. A few years before Li Ching-Yuen’s death, the following news article appeared in the Pittsburgh Press on October 2, 1929. Man, 252 Years Old, Found Residing in Rural China Reported to Have Discovered Fountain of Youth – Has Outlived 23 Wives. by D.C. Bess United Press Staff Writer Peiping, Oct 2 – The world’s oldest man, who, if his ...
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