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Bawa Muhaiyaddeen claimed he genuinely did not know his age

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Losing track of your age is normal, but losing track of the entire century is wild. This famous Sri Lankan teacher showed up in the US in the 1970s and claimed he legitimately had no idea when he was born. Followers and historians investigated, finding records suggesting he might have actually been well over a hundred years old when he casually started his teaching career.

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