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happy 113th, henry; the man who credits his longevity to cigarettes, whiskey, and wild women didnt begin serving at the tail end of the war. henry william allingham joined the british royal air force in august of nineteen fucking fifteen.

he was already nineteen years old.


in case youre wondering henry is currently the thirteenth oldest person in the world and the second oldest man; tomoji tanabi of japan is 261 days his senior. crush depth thinks that not too many people in human history can claim to have not only been alive for three distinct centuries but also be old enough to have a memory or two of the first.

telomeres aint got shit on you, hank.



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