Did you know that the number of centenarians (people who reach the age of 100) is doubling every 10 years? At that rate, the number of centenarians currently living in the United States will rise to 160,000 by 2017. That means as many as 1 to 3 million baby boomers will have a shot at hearing their birthdays announced on the today show! Experts predict that one in 10 girls and one in 20 boys born today will live to see 100. Who would have ever thought?

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