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The Old, Old, Very Old Man: Thomas Parr and the Longevity Trade — The Public Domain Review

As the story goes, Old Tom Parr was relatively healthy for being 152 until a visit to noxious, polluted London in 1635 cut his long life short. Katherine Harvey investigates the early modern claims surrounding this supe…

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