Antonio Todde was the oldest documented man in the world in 2001-2002 until he died at almost 113 after the death of John Painter, and briefly the oldest person in the history of Italy. He was born in the village of Tiana, in the Nuoro province of Sardinia. The hilly country of Nuoro is noted for its remarkable centenarian density. Among the extremely small number of people who reach supercentenarian age worldwide, males are a pronounced minority, … Wikipedia
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