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  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait holding her Guinness World Record certificates by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait holding her Guinness World Record certificates by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait holding her Guinness World Record certificates by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: A Guinness World Record patch is sewed here o the car door of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, drives her Fiat 500 in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The interior of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The world's hairiest car, a vintage Fiat 500, is seen here in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The world's hairiest car, a vintage Fiat 500, is seen here in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait holding her Guinness World Record certificates by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The world's hairiest car, a vintage Fiat 500, is seen here in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The interior of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: A Guinness World Record patch is sewed here o the car door of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The world's hairiest car, a vintage Fiat 500, is seen here in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait in her garage in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait in her garage in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait in her garage in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: "Hair sculptures" made by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno, owner of the world's hairiest car, are seen here in her garage in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, is seen here in her Fiat 500 in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, is seen here in her Fiat 500 in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, is seen here in her Fiat 500 in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait by her car in front of the Certosa in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait by her car in front of the Certosa in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The interior of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The interior of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
<br />
Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The interior of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The interior of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The interior of the world's hairiest car, a Fiat 500 owned by hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno  in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The world's hairiest car, a vintage Fiat 500, is seen here by the Certosa in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: The world's hairiest car, a vintage Fiat 500, is seen here in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait by her car in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
    CIPG_20171022_BARCROFT_HairyCar_M3_8...jpg
  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno (47), owner of the world's hairiest car, poses for a portrait in her garage in Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
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  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: A view of  Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
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  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: A view of  Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
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  • PADULA, ITALY - 22 OCTOBER 2017: Visitors walk toward the Certosa of  Padula, Italy, on October 22nd 2017.<br />
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Hairstylist Maria Lucia Mugno spent over 150 hours covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria said she first decided to do such a crazy thing after her friend made a bet with her and said it was impossible. Just a short time after, her Fiat 500 was totally covered in human hair and she won herself the Guinness World Record for the world’s hairiest car. There’s literally hair everywhere - on the exterior, the seats, the dashboard and even the steering wheel. Maria drives her car around regularly and often brushes it down. The car is now roughly priced at $100,000.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Mura (63), the local historian who submitted the application to the Guinness World Record and works at the Quirra testing ground, poses for a portrait in the cafe belonging to the Melis siblings, who in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth with a combined age at the time of 818 in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Mura (63), the local historian who submitted the application to the Guinness World Record and works at the Quirra testing ground, poses for a portrait in the cafe belonging to the Melis siblings, who in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth with a combined age at the time of 818 in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in her house in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: A town hall employee checks the birth dates and ages of the oldest citizens of Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Adolfo Melis (98), one of the siblings of the Melis family which in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818 for a total of nine brothers and sisters, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A man is seen here cleaning his vineyard next to a sign referring to the Guinness World Record set in 2012 by the Melis family as the oldest living siblings (a combined age of 818 back at the time), here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Giacomo Mameli, an 81-year old writer who wrote a book about a local centenaeian who esaped a concentration camp in World War II, is seen here in the countryside of Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: The interior of the cafe owned by one of the Melis siblings, who in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth with a combined age at the time of 818, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Beatrice Brundu (76) shows newspapers reporting the news of the Guinness World Record of the largest population of centenarians achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, and of the dispute with the town of Seulo, which claims to have a higher concentration, in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: An aerial view of Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Murgia (55) walks by a mural of Antonia Boi, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 102 years old, here in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: A mural of Antonia Boi, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 102 years old, is seen here in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Luigi Carta (99), Fausto Murgia (91) and Antonello Lai (91) are seen here relaxing on a bench in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Luigi Carta (99), Fausto Murgia (91) and Antonello Lai (91) are seen here relaxing on a bench in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Luigi Carta (99) is seen here relaxing on a bench in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Luigi Carta (99) is seen here relaxing on a bench in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Maria Murgia (89) and Consuelo Melis (30) are seen here as they go for a walk together in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Maria Murgia (89) and Consuelo Melis (30) are seen here as they go for a walk together in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in her house in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in her house in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in her house in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: A detail of the hand of Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Murgia (55), mayor of Seulo, greets his elementary school teacher in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Portraits of centenarians are seen here in a local museum in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Elderly resident of Seulo are seen here in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022:  A historic birth register at the town hall in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: A note written by Salvatore Murgia (55), mayor of Seulo, shows the number of centenarians and the percentage per capita in both the villages of Perdasdefogu and Seulo, here in the town hall in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Murgia (55), mayor of Seulo, shows a historic birth register at the town hall in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (R-L) Salvatore Mura (63), the local historian who submitted the application to the Guinness World Record and works at the Quirra testing ground, Bonino Lai (102) and his daughter Monica Lai (51) are seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Adolfo Melis (98), one of the siblings of the Melis family which in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818 for a total of nine brothers and sisters, is seen here preparing an espresso in his family cafe in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Adolfo Melis (98), one of the siblings of the Melis family which in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818 for a total of nine brothers and sisters, is seen here preparing an espresso in his family cafe in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Adolfo Melis (98), one of the siblings of the Melis family which in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818 for a total of nine brothers and sisters, is seen here preparing an espresso in his family cafe in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: A boy rides his bicycle by Adolfo Melis (98), one of the siblings of the Melis family which in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818 for a total of nine brothers and sisters, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Giacomo Mameli, an 81-year old writer who wrote a book about a local centenaeian who esaped a concentration camp in World War II, is seen here in the countryside of Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: The interior of the cafe owned by one of the Melis siblings, who in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth with a combined age at the time of 818, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A boy rides his bicycle in Perdasdefogu, which achieved the World Guinness Record for having the highest concentration of centenarians, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A teenager rides his scooter in Perdasdefogu, which achieved the World Guinness Record for having the highest concentration of centenarians, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A sign referring to the Guinness World Record set in 2012 by the Melis family as the oldest living siblings (a combined age of 818 back at the time) is seen here at the entrance of Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Puzzles made by biologist Debora Parracciani (52) during her free time are seen here at Parco Genos, a research center and lab that guards the DNA samples of approximately 13,000 people living in the area, as part of a project set up 20 years ago to study the longevity of Sardinians particularly in Ogliastra and Barbagia, in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022. The company SharDna, which was responsible for sequencing the blood of 13,000 donors, went bankrupt and had been bought at auction by the British company Tiziana Life. However, the Italian Privacy Guarantor had blocked everything by sanctioning that the that the ownership lies with the Dna donors themselves.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: The room under seizure at the lab of Parco Genos, a research center and lab that guards the DNA samples of approximately 13,000 people living in the area, as part of a project set up 20 years ago to study the longevity of Sardinians particularly in Ogliastra and Barbagia, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022. The company SharDna, which was responsible for sequencing the blood of 13,000 donors, went bankrupt and had been bought at auction by the British company Tiziana Life. However, the Italian Privacy Guarantor had blocked everything by sanctioning that the that the ownership lies with the Dna donors themselves.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A plaque for Piazza Longevità - or Longevity Square - dedicated to Consolata Melis, who died two months short of 108 years old back in 2015, is seen here here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: The entrance to the Parco Genos, a research center and lab that guards the DNA samples of approximately 13,000 people living in the area, as part of a project set up 20 years ago to study the longevity of Sardinians particularly in Ogliastra and Barbagia, here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022. The company SharDna, which was responsible for sequencing the blood of 13,000 donors, went bankrupt and had been bought at auction by the British company Tiziana Life. However, the Italian Privacy Guarantor had blocked everything by sanctioning that the that the ownership lies with the Dna donors themselves.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: great-grandchildren of centenarians pose for a portraits here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A gate of the Salto di Quirra, a restricted weapons testing range and rocket launching site in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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In 2011, the results of a series of investigations established a statistically significant coincidence between malformations in animals and tumors in shepherds in the area. Among the hypothesized causes were bullets containing depleted uranium used for weapons testing at the range.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) is seen here in her house, in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) looks outside her window as visitors leave her house, in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) waves to her son as he walks aways, in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A view of Perdasdegofu, the town with the highest concentration of centenarians,  in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A photograph of Annunziata Stori (now 100) together with here brother is in her house in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) is seen here as she prepares fregola  - or fregula, a type of Sardinian pasta - here in her house in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A man is seen here cleaning his vineyard in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Giacomo Mameli, an 81-year old writer who wrote a book about a local centenaeian who esaped a concentration camp in World War II, is seen here inside the 11th century church of San Sebastiano with its "Tree of Life" drawn on the left, here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Vittorio Lai, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, greets a passer-by in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Vittorio Lai, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, poses for a portrait in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Vittorio Lai, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, poses for a portrait in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A view of Piazza Longevità - or Longevity Square - dedicated to Consolata Melis, who died two months short of 108 years old back in 2015, here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A plaque for Piazza Longevità - or Longevity Square - dedicated to Consolata Melis, who died two months short of 108 years old back in 2015, is seen here here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, poses for a portrait in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, is seen here picking a photograph of his deceased wife in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A recent photograph of Antonio Brundu, the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, celebrating his 104th birthday, is seen here in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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