Yes but did Thomas Jefferson wear chain mail & helm, and fight orcs at the same time :P
Actually I think the Numenorean longevity in general was a gift from the Valar. They couldn't take the gift of mortality from them but they did give them extended lives. It is said after the War of Wrath that Eonwe came among them and taught the remnants of the Edain much lore, with the longest lives given to the line of Elros.
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