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Billy Mays III: 5 Strange Realities of Life With a Famous Dad

February 26, 2015 By Kathy Shaidle

Via Cracked.com:

People would see my dad around and jokingly ask us for OxiClean, his most famous product. Little did they know that, if he didn’t have any with him, he would take fans to the store and buy them OxiClean. It was a shockingly common occurrence. People would ask “Does Mighty Putty really work?” and my dad would just reach in a bag, give them some, and then say “You tell me!”

And check out the fan art!

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