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Northshore October 2025
Want to learn about aging? Ask the aged.What is the first thing to do when your dad is turning 100? Call Willard Scott, of course! When Scott first began listing centenarians' birthdays in 1980, there were only a few to report. Today, he receives over 400 each week. That was my first lesson about centenarians; their numbers are, relatively, out-booming the boomers.In 1950, there were 200 centenarians in France. By 2000, their numbers had increased to 8,500. At this rate, this segment of the population will have increased 750-fold in one century! Over the course of human history, the odds of reaching 100 have risen from 1 in 20 million to 1 in
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