Reported to have lived 122 years and 164 days, Jeanne Calment was allegedly the longest-living human of all time — despite heavy consumption of chocolate, cigarettes, and red wine.Jeanne Calment spent her life ignoring doctors’ advice for longevity. She smoked, she drank, she ate excessive amounts of sugar and red meat, and she never ate breakfast, save for maybe a cup or two of coffee with biscuits. She also lived to be 122 years and 164 days old.

Go inside the complicated history of what year it is right now, according to the cultures and religions that don't follow the Gregorian calendar.As we prepare to usher in each new year, it’s a good time to remember that the year is only a number, an arbitrary number at that. In fact, there are a plethora of calendars around the world that differ greatly from the Gregorian calendar. So, what year is it according to the world’s other various calendars?

Using a tactic called astroturfing, China, Russia, and the United States all employ "troll" commentators to sway online conversations.FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images Internet trolls are bad enough in their own right — but they’re made that much worse when some of the world’s most powerful governments create troll “armies” to spread propaganda. This isn’t a crackpot theory; a tool called “Persona management software” makes it all possible. The software automatically develops and ages thousands of social media accounts until they mature and are ready for use.

Source: Blogspot It’s been a little over one hundred years since the ill-fated attempts of Captain Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition and Ernest Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party to reach the South Pole took place. Only conducted a couple years apart, these two Antarctic expeditions are legends of loss and tragedy. Source: The Mirror The two voyages have more in common than their quests to reach the South Pole, the use of the same supply shacks en route, and similar fates; they’ve both had lost photos turn up nearly 100 years after the fact.

Axolotls, The Strange Animals That Can Regenerate Limbs The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) once heavily populated the mountains of central Mexico, but now they can only be found in the canals of Mexico City.John Cancalosi/Getty Images Josh More/Flickr These animals vary in coloring, from pink to dark grey.Wikimedia Commons Axolotls are neotenic, which means that the adults keep the distinct traits of their juvenile state well into adulthood. By comparison, other species of salamander largely shed their juvenile features as they mature.