http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4837988.stm

I find it amazing to thin how long this tortoise had been going. quite inspirational in an inexplicable way. just the idea that he'd been plodding on and on for 250 years before it died.

That means it was older than

pop music
motor cars
air travel
television
the arctic monkeys

I love tortoises. I want one.