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The longest-lived person in the world is a 399-year-old man in Turkey? False information

author:Fujian refutes rumors

Recently, the Internet circulated a video of "the world's longest-lived Turkish 399-year-old man", and the video footage showed that a skinny old man was lying in bed grabbing white rice to eat.

The longest-lived person in the world is a 399-year-old man in Turkey? False information

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Is this true?

The longest-lived person in the world is a 399-year-old man in Turkey? False information

Fujian debunked rumors and verified that the news spread on the Internet was untrue!

Log in to the official Guinness Book of World Records website, enter the keyword "longest-lived" to check, and there is no information about "399-year-old people in Turkey".

The longest-lived person in the world is a 399-year-old man in Turkey? False information

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According to the guinness book of world records official website article "The longest-lived old man Nokaka Masazo died", the current "world's longest-lived person" world record holder is Jeanne Calment from France. By the time of her death, she had lived a total of 122 years and 164 days. The world record holder for "the world's longest-lived man" is Jiroemon Kimura from Japan. As of his death on June 12, 2013, he had lived a total of 116 years and 54 days.

The longest-lived person in the world is a 399-year-old man in Turkey? False information

Screenshot of the article "The Longest Living Old Man Nokaka Masazo Died"

According to the Turkish media "gazetevatan": relatives of the elderly announced that the age of the elderly is 109 years old, not 399 years old. Relatives of the old man stated that the old man was not a Turk, but a Thai.

The longest-lived person in the world is a 399-year-old man in Turkey? False information

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It can be seen that the news spread on the Internet is purely a rumor.

Fujian rumor dispelling reminder:

The majority of netizens should abide by national laws and regulations, do not believe in rumors, do not spread rumors, please take the official authoritative release as the standard, find rumors and report them in a timely manner, maintain a prudent and objective attitude towards network information of unknown sources, do not publish unverified information, find online rumors and actively report, jointly maintain a healthy network environment and good social order, and stop the spread of network rumors.

Source: Fujian rumor-busting Lin Jinxing

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