Meet The 4 Oldest People In The World And Learn Their Secrets To A Long Life

We can all agree that it's a great feat to live to be 100 -- but it's an even greater feat if you live well, well past it. Believe it or not, the five oldest people in the world today were all born in the 1800s! These supercentenarians, as they're called, have lived through world wars, the sinking of the Titanic, the space race and much much more. But what's even more astounding is that when they were born, the life expectancy for people in the U.S. was just around 60. continue...

1. Misao Okawa, 116, Japan                                                                                                         

Okawa was born in Osaka, Japan in 1898 and became the oldest person in the world when another Japanese centenarian, Jiroemon Kimura, passed away in 2013. Okawa lives in a retirement community and eats three square meals a day. She especially likes sushi which she makes sure to have at least once a month. But more important than diet are these three key tenets: “Eat and sleep and you will live a long time,” she told The Telegraph on her 116th birthday. “You have to learn to relax.” She also is said to sleep eight hours every night. Good, sound advice we think.

2. Gertrude Weaver, 116, Arkansas

                                                                      

Weaver is America's oldest living person and celebrates her birthday on the 4th of July. She lives in a care facility and is said to still be relatively active. She says it's her faith that keeps her going. "You have to follow God. Don't follow anyone else," she told the Camden News on her 116th birthday. "Be obedient and follow the laws and don't worry about anything. I've followed him for many, many years and I ain't tired."

3. Jeralean Talley, 115, Michigan                                                                                              

Talley grew up in the South and was married for 52 years, until her husband passed away. She lives with her daughter and enjoys playing with her great-great-grandkids and even takes an annual fishing trip! Talley's advice for a long life is perfectly simple: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, that's my way of living,

4. Susannah Mushatt Jones, 115, New York

At 115, Mushatt Jones is as feisty as ever. She loves bacon, scrambled eggs and grits every day for breakfast -- not exactly something that is a recipe for long life, you'd think. But except for vision loss due to glaucoma, the only health problem she is medicated for is blood pressure. She's also said to have an affinity for lacy lingerie. "You can never get too old to wear fancy stuff," she's said,