Hyderabad, Feb. 23 -- If you were a lawyer trying to buy a house from a 90-year-old woman, would you pay the amount upfront or would you strike a deal where you pay her a fixed amount monthly till the end of her life?

A lawyer named Andre-Francois Raffray thought the latter option made for a much better deal - only he didn't expect the woman to outlive him. However, the woman, Jeanne Calment from France, not only managed to outlive the lawyer but went on to become the oldest person to have ever lived with a recorded age of 122 years and 164 days.

Anarticleon Guinness World Records website details the lucrative deal which allowed Jeanne to earn 2,500 francs monthly for the next three decades of her life. She continued receiving the money...