Age Facts

Jellyfish as a species are actually older than dinosaurs and sharks.

Long-term smokers develop significantly more facial wrinkles than non-smokers, with studies showing they're up to three times more likely to have prominent wrinkling, particularly around the eyes and mouth.

After age 30, the brain begins to gradually shrink, losing about 5% of its volume per decade after age 40, with some regions like the hippocampus shrinking as much as 0.84% annually.

The youngest Pope was approximately 18-20 years old when elected.

The life expectancy in 1900 was just 47 years.

In the cartoon "The Jetsons", Jane Jetson is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15, meaning Jane became a mother at just 18 years old.

Only about 1 person in 2 billion will live to be 116 years old, making it one of the rarest feats of human longevity.

An olive tree can live up to 1,500 years!

A person infected with the SARS virus had an approximately 85-90% chance of recovery, though this varied dramatically by age - under 1% mortality for those under 25, but over 50% for people 65 and older.

By the age of 60, most people have lost 50% of their taste buds.

You will experience the billionth second of your life when you are 31 years old.

The average 1 1/4 lb. lobster is 7 to 9 years old.

Shirley Henderson, who played Moaning Myrtle (the ghost in the bathroom) in the Harry Potter films, was 36 years old when she first portrayed the teenage ghost in Chamber of Secrets.

Jason Earles played as a teenager in Hannah Montana, but he was actually born in 1977.

When Pocahontas met John Smith, she was around 10-12 years old. He was 27.