A Mexican woman has reached a milestone by turning 127 years old Sunday — the oldest human documented to have ever lived.
Leandra Becerra Lumbreras was born on Aug. 31, 1887, just a little more than 20 years after the end of the Civil War.
Lumbreras was in her 20s when World War I began, her 40s when the second world war started and in her 80s when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.
She also reportedly fought in the Mexican Revolution, which started in 1910.
Lumbreras puts her longevity down to chocolate, never getting married and sleeping for days on end.
"She was always a woman who fought," granddaughter Miriam Alvear told Mexico's El Horizonte newspaper, according to Metro. "She never ceased to be active, that's why we think she's lived so long."
Lumbreras has outlived five children and several of her 20 grandchildren. She has 73 great-grandchildren and 55 great-great-grandchildren.
