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From: zx7/6/2015 2:39:11 PM
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She is one of only two living people in the world who was born in the 1800s - and puts her longevity down to eating bacon and eggs every morning for over a century.

Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world's oldest person, celebrated her 116th birthday on Monday.

Miss Jones went blind 15 years ago but is not bed-bound and visits a doctor only three times a year.

The only medication she takes is for high blood pressure.

Every morning she starts her day with a breakfast of several strips of bacon, scrambled eggs, and ground corn.

A sign on her kitchen wall reads "Bacon makes everything better".

Asked what else had contributed to her long life Miss Jones said she did not smoke or drink, and got "lots of sleep".

Miss Jones, who has no children, spent her birthday with some of her 100 nephews and nieces.

Lois Judge, a niece, attributed her aunt's longevity to growing up in rural Alabama where she picked own fresh fruit and vegetables.

Europe's oldest living person and has attributed her longevity to eating several raw eggs a day.

The oldest person ever to have lived was the French woman Jeanne Calment who died aged 122 years and 164 days,

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