Also referred to as the midnight sun, a polar day occurs when the sun does not set for an entire day, or 24 hours. It is called the midnight sun, because the sun is often still shining at midnight. This phenomenon can occur for just one day or six months, depending on how far away from the equator a region is.
She is 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, according to Guinness World Records.
Bacon-Eating, Lingerie-Wearing 115-Year-Old Is The World's New Oldest Person. She may be 115 but she's still rocking lacy lingerie and eating whatever she wants. New Yorker Susannah Mushatt Jones just became the oldest recorded person in the world, after former titleholder Jeralean Talley died this week at the age of 116. Talley, who passed away in her home, was the third oldest-person titleholder to die this year. Jones pictured on her 113th birthday.