Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Jeanne Calment

Born: February 21, 1875
Died: August 4, 1997 (aged 122)
Bio: Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who has the longest confirmed human lifespan on record, living to the age of 7009386419680000000♠122 years, 164 days.