Boy's vacuum cleaner identification expertise turns him into budding TV star

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A 12 years kid from Adrian,Detroit,US has a strange hobby for collecting vaccum cleaner since the age of 3.His ability to identify vaccum cleaner from it's sound has made him a TV star.
Kyle Krichbaum a 12 year kid from Adrian,50 kms from detroit has a strange hobby for collecting vaccum cleaner since the age of 3.
When I was really little I would always follow my parents around when they were vacuuming," he said
His parents say he loves to play with vaccum cleaner since the age of three.
Randy and MaryLynn Krichbaum said their son played with a toy vacuum constantly as a toddler.
"At first we thought it was something he would grow out of because babies like noisy things," MaryLynn Krichbaum said. "But his interest just grew stronger and stronger ... where he gets it from, I don't know."
Now he has a collection of 150 kinds of vaccum cleaner which he has kept in his room.He could identify each of them by it's sound.The strange hobby has got him a guest appearnace in a TV Show.A budding TV star has born.
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