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69-year-old Dutchman starts legal bid to become 20 years younger

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Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old Dutchman, is asking a court in his hometown to legally make him 20 years younger.

"You can change your name. You can change your gender. Why not your age? Nowhere are you so discriminated against as with your age," Ratelband told Dutch paper De Telegraaf.

His appeal to the court notes he "suffers" as a 69-year-old and has been feeling "20, 25 years younger" than his official age.

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