Namely, he was found to be one of the oldest holders of a valid driver's license in Croatia[10] and also became allegedly the first Croat to have undergone a sequencing of his genome.[11] There is also a satirical Facebook page dedicated to his longevity with the title Joža Manolić je nadživio (transl. Josip Manolić has outlived).[12] He turned 100 on 22 March 2020.[13]