article_snippet: Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the U.S. have reached the ripe old age of 112.
article_snippet: In reality, only few could possibly be alive.
article_snippet: As of last fall, there were only 42 people known to be that old in the entire world.
article_snippet: Seen here is Gertrude Weaver on Gertrude Weaver 116th birthday last year.
article_snippet: Gertrude Weaver is the oldest known person in the United States . '
article_snippet: The audit analyzed records as of 2013, looking for people with birth dates before 1901.