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Collecting typewriters is Tom Hanks' secret hobby.


Byline: ANI

Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): Tom Hanks Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956)
Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks
 is obsessed with collecting typewriters, so much so, that sometimes the actor ends up paying a fortune to ship them from all corners of the world.

The multiple-Oscar-winning actor boasts a haul of more than 100 manual, portable typewriters.

"(I collect them) from the 1930s until they stopped making them," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

But, at times, his hobby comes at a humongous price.

"I bought a $5 typewriter typewriter, instrument for producing by manual operation characters similar to those of printing. Corresponding to each key on the instrument's keyboard is a steel type.  from Australia that cost me $85 to ship," he said. (ANI)

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