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Don't ever let anybody tell you you're too old for anything, except maybe for Fisher-Price toys. (Then again, playing Hungry-Hungry Hippos can be oddly fulfilling.) Still, though, if 86-year-old German Johanna Quaas can do this, you can do almost anything...

Sunday marked the moment when Fauja Singh from east London received a Guinness Book of World Records title for being the oldest man alive to complete a full-distance marathon. At 100 years old, Singh finished the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in a time of eight hours, 22 minutes and 16 seconds.