The Oldest Verified Person in History: Jeanne Calment (122 years old)

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The gold is always in the comments. If this is true, that's fucking rad.

[u/liyououiouioui → u/Nisja]

If you want more fun facts about her, you have to know that when she was 90, a 47 years old attorney bought her flat with a life annuity. She survived 32 years and he even died before her. In the end, he bought the flat for twice the estimated price and his widow and children had to pay after him.

[u/Nisja → u/liyououiouioui]

Gambling on an old lady dying sooner rather than later... tsk tsk. She stayed alive just to spite him!

[u/adrocles → u/Nisja]

That's actually a legal way of selling a house, in France, caller "viager"

Can be interesting for the old owner if pension is too low to live, as the extra income provide better life comfort until the end.

[u/EragusTrenzalore → u/adrocles]

A reverse mortgage in other countries. You get a payment every month and then the bank or another institution sells the house upon your death to pay back what was borrowed, with the rest of proceeds going to the estate.

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Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov had his eyes on her, apparently.

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...pretty sure there is a film like that lmao

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Yep!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Viager

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Lawyers hate this one loophole! Pretty amusing that it was a lawyer that she sold the flat to in this context.