Guinness World Records Honors 116-year-old Woman as ‘World’s Oldest Person’

Guinness World Records Honors 116-year-old Woman as ‘World’s Oldest Person’
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Michael Wing
Michael Wing
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Japan’s Kane Tanaka isn’t the oldest person ever to grace the Guinness World Records. But she is now officially the oldest person alive, according to the famed record keepers.

The 116-year-old was born premature on Jan. 2, 1905—the same year that the Wright brothers first achieved powered flight, and while Einstein was busy publishing his theory of special relativity.