comment: >
  
  Genetics, good health, and a shit ton of good luck (or bad depending on your perspective).
context: For reference, this woman was:
  - 6 years old when World War One began
  - 21 years old when the stock market crashed
  - 32 years old when WW2 began in Europe and 35 when the US entered
  - 42 years old when the Korean War began
  - 59 years old during the Summer of Love
  - 61 years old when the first moon landing occurred
  - 67 years old when Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese
  - 73 years old (by three days) when Reagan was elected president
  - 82 years old (by two days) when the Berlin Wall fell
  - 84 years old when the USSR ceased to exist
  - 93 years old on 9/11
  - 100 years old when Barack Obama was elected president  
  Needless to say, it's hard to even imagine the level of change she experienced over the course of her life. >
  
  Whoa. The 911 and USSR ones seem crazy to me. >
  
  Didn’t even mention 11ish 1919 when the USSR began, 5 years after WW1 started. So she out lasted it >
  
  The USSR only lasted 70ish years, so I imagine quite a lot of the people born in the years leading up to its formation outlived it. >
  
  Yeah my paternal great grandparents outlived it by nearly 20 years and were born a few years before it. >
  
  
  At her 110th birthday party in 2017, Bessie told us that the secret to a long life was hard work
  
  I'm gonna side with the centurians who claim it's whiskey and bacon every day >
  
  I’m beginning to think these folks have no fucking clue how they ended up living so long