A woman believed to be the oldest person in Brazil and the third oldest person in the world has died aged 116. Francisca Celsa dos Santos died at her home in the neighbourhood of Messejana in the city of Fortaleza in the north-eastern Brazilian state of Ceara on Tuesday, 5th…
Iceland's oldest living citizen has just celebrated her 109th birthday. Dora Olafsdottir celebrated her big day at the Skjoli nursing home in Iceland's capital Reykjavík on 6th July. For the birthday, she visited Dalurinn Cafe in Laugardalur in Reykjavík with family members. Dora Olafsdottir, the oldest Icelander who is 109…
This loaf baked in 1892 has been recognised as the oldest bread in the world after decades lost in a museum vault during Romania’s communist era. The 129-year-old loaf is on display at the Paul Paltanea Museum, a history and archaeology museum in the Romanian city of Galati. Specialists analysed…
A 118-year-old man has become the oldest person in Mexico to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Catarino de la Cruz, 118, who belongs to the Huichol ethnic group, received the vaccine at the Rural Medical Unit (UMR) in the community of La Manga in the municipality of La Yesca in the…
The world's oldest penguin named Grandma has been put to sleep after her health recently took a drastic down-turn. Wuppertal Zoo in Germany bid farewell to their beloved resident Grandma, 46, on 11th November. The Zoo shared a post on Facebook, mourning the loss of their oldest king penguin, where…
