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By Lynne Cory

What if 200 years ago there was a belief that we died around 40 and most people did?  What if today, our common belief is that we can live to 80 or 100 if we take good care of ourselves?  What if in another 100 years, people will be dying around 200 years old? And then maybe 500 years old after that…