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John Reznikoff of Stamford, Connecticut, collects the hair of dead celebrities. Included in his 100-strong collection are follicles from John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Abraham Lincoln.

For the past 20 years, John McBride has been collecting piggy banks. He currently has over 3000 and they fill 27 shelves of his home in Wallington, South London.

James Bunce has no shortage of grill friends. He has a collection of 200 gas cookers, although there is only room for six at his house in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. His oldest cooker dates back to 1890.

Peter the Breat established the Musuem of Curiosities in St Petersburg where he assembled freaks of nature. Items on display include a man without genitals, a child with two heads, a sheep with five feet, and a deformed human foetus. The caretaker of Peter’s museum was a dwarf who had only two fingers on each hand and two toes on each foot and who knew that when he died he would be stuffed and put on display in the gallery.

The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia houses over 3000 objects which people have either swallowed or inhaled. They include a small metal battleship, ammunition and a pair of opera glasses.

Brenda Matthews from Sussex has a collection not to be sneezed at – 2000 handkerchiefs.
Anne Atkin of North Devon is the proud owner of over 2000 garden gnomes.

American Hugh Hicks has amassed a total of 60,000 light bulbs.

Dutchman Nick Vermeulen is the man to know in a crisis. For he has built up a collection of over 2000 airline sickbags.

Leeds Castle museum in Kent house a collection on dog collars spanning four centuries.

Schoolteacher Jennifer Woodward has collected over 100 miniature Homepride flour graders.

Felix Rotter from Germany has collected some 6000 different teabag labels from around the world.

A museum in San Francisco has a collection of over 70 vibrators.