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Well this is reassuring.

A 100-year-old woman reckons knocking back drinks could be the reason she’s lived for a century.

Pauline Spagnola, from Pennsylvania, was asked the secret to her longevity by a reporter from news network WNEP.


Without missing a beat, she responded: ‘Drink a lot of booze.’

Pauline Spagnola says booze helped her reach 100 (Pic: YouTube)

Pauline isn’t the first person to credit their longevity to booze.

A 101-year-old woman in Staten Island previously attributed her knocking back two glasses of wine, a Southern Comfort and a beer each day as the reason for her long life.

So here’s to you, Pauline Spagnola, as we all raise a birthday glass to you.

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