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The Economic Times
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Neil Armstrong's barber collected his hair for years, then sold it to a collector for $3,000

Neil Armstrong etched his name in the history books after becoming the first person to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during NASA's Apollo 11 mission. Naturally, everyone wanted a piece of him. But his barber took that phrase rather literally.

Mark Sizemore was Armstrong's barber for more than 20 years. However, in May 2005, the astronaut learned that Sizemore had been collecting his hair clippings and eventually sold them without his permission.

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