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It's common knowledge that Facebook has age limits to keep anyone under the age of 13 off the site, but it turns out they secretly try to keep the hyper-elderly off the site as well. Marguerite Joseph, a 104-year-old grandmother living in Michigan can't post her real age on Facebook, so to use the site she has to lie about her age. Lots of people lie about their age, but living to be 104 years old is probably the kind of thing you'd want people to know.

Ever been to a Tim Hortons a few hours before closing time? Things can get real seedy real quick within the seemingly innocuous restaurant. Among a list of other things to be wary of after 9:00 pm, running into a gang of rowdy geriatrics singing Disney tunes is definitely not a situation you'd want to find yourself in, especially if you're alone. Whoever captured this footage from a Tim Hortons in Canada was fortunate to get away from the rambunctious bunch  -- terrorizing palpably distressed patrons with their rendition of Elton John's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" from The Lion King -- with their life and camera. All we want to know is, why wasn't anybody calling the police?

Sometimes science can be creepy, like when researchers from Adelaide University start doing research into using radio frequency identification (RFID) to monitor the elderly in their homes. The team behind the project says RFID technology can lead to elderly people being able to live with more freedom and independence, but this sounds like it can easily turn into a scary 1984 meets Cocoon situation.

In a bid to get some insight into how it feels to be an aging member of American society without having to wait to get old, researchers at MIT's Agelab have developed a suit that will make you feel like a 75-year-old when you wear it. The suit, called AGNES --a pained acronym for "Age Gain Now Empathy System"-- aims to accurately recreate the experience of being elderly through the use of various bands and other gadgets that do everything from mimic joint stiffness to curve the spine. Think "Harrison Bergeron." The suit does basically everything except give you stories from "back in your day."