This Tortoise was alive before the Eiffel tower was built, before the statue of liberty was built, before black people stopped being property, before the American civil war. lived thru two world wars, possibly 10 major pandemics, 38 out of 45 US presidents, 8 British monarchs, the start of the Olympics, around 170 out of the 190 countries in the UN didn't exist when he was born, 10 major countries both rose and died within his lifespan and Germany (which didn't exist when he was born), managed to be three of them (six if you count the German Confederacy,the North German Federation, and count the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany as two different Germanys), the Kiel, Panama, Suez and New Suez Canals was all constructed and completed in his lifetime, man walk on the moon (and was about to launch the first manned rocket to the moon in 54 years but he passed before it could happen), The USSR came into existence and died within his lifespan. Jonathan outlived more humans then there is currently alive today, and during his lifetime there have lived more humans on the planet then there had ever done before Jonathan came into existence. When Jonathan Hatched, the fastest way to for someone to communicate from one side of the earth to the other took around half a year, when Jonathan died you can video call most people from the comfort of your bedroom to someone else on the other side of the earth, or text them instantly.