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TIL that Mythbuster’s Jamie Hyneman ran away from home at age 14 and then hitchhiked all over the United States. Now he is a certified diver,wilderness survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and chef.

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