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TIL the greenland shark has the longest known lifespan of all vertebrate species (300–500 years). The species reaches sexual maturity at 150 years of age. Some of the sharks sampled by researchers had been alive for nearly 400 years and were estimated to be born between 1504 and 1744.

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