Peru says they have a 124-year-old dude who’s the true oldest man on the earth, and never the 111-year-old British man who not too long ago nabbed the Guinness World Information title.
The Peruvian authorities reveals Marcelino Abad Tolentino, a neighborhood farmer, was born in 1900 and hit 124 years previous on April 5 — which, if legit, means he isn’t simply blowing out candles, however he is additionally setting a worldwide report because the oldest man on the planet.
In an announcement, officers say they discovered the senior citizen within the small village of Chaglla again in 2019 and hooked him up with a passport, an ID card and a pension.
In addition they spilled the important thing to his lengthy life was his weight-reduction plan of fruit and lamb meat — and he is additionally massive on chewing coca leaves. On high of that, he is acquired a heaping dose of internal peace, which officers say exhibits in his nice well being and chill angle.
After John Alfred Tinniswood from England acquired the Guinness title on April 2, following the loss of life of 114-year-old Juan Vicente Pérez, the Peruvian authorities is rallying behind Tolentino to snag the title and convey it house … ‘trigger they insist he is the true McCoy!
As for Tinniswood, the man with the title proper now … he was born in 1912, the identical 12 months the Titanic went down, and can also be the oldest surviving male World Warfare II veteran.
Goes with out saying, Guinness has an actual battle for the ages on their fingers because it determines the true old-timer. Might the most effective (previous) man win!
