World’s Oldest Person Is Also the Last Person Born in the 19th Century

FILE - In this Friday, June 26, 2015 photo, Emma Morano, 116, sits in her apartment in Verbania, Italy. At 116 years of age, Emma is now the oldest person in the world and is believed to be the last surviving person in the world who was born in the 1800s, coming into the world on Nov. 29, 1899. That’s just 4 and a half months after Susannah Mushatt Jones, who died Thursday in New York at the age of 116. AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File

The last person who was born in the 19th century, an Italian woman who is 116 years old, revealed a “secret” to her longevity.

Emma Morano’s birthday is Nov. 28, 1899.

Her secret is eating two raw eggs and 100 grams, or about 3.5 ounces, of raw steak per day, according to the New York Times.

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