Those 90 and older have seen it all.
Nonagenarians have lived through the Great Depression, World War II and conflicts across the globe. They’ve seen Charles Lindbergh become the first person to fly across the Atlantic, Neal Armstrong walk on the moon. Computers, televisions and more were just ideas when they were born.
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