If you do n’t think it ’s possible to get delirious about bean , you ’ve clearly never been to theBaked Bean Museum of Excellencein Port Talbot , Wales . The site is occupy with memorabilia observe canned adust beans , but the leguminous plant - loving " superhero " in accusation of it all may be the most intriguing attractor .
Before legally changing his name to " Captain Beany " in 1991 , the owner of the Baked Bean Museum was a Welsh man name Barry Kirk , grant toAtlas Obscura . He was born in 1954 and drop the early part of his maturity forge in the computer department of a British petroleum plant in South Wales .
But his life took a much unlike counseling in 1986 when he break the world track record for longest clip in a baked attic bathtub at 100 hours . He fully adopted his Captain Beany persona five years later and get down painting his face and head orangish . He also started dressing in a gold - and - orange superhero costume . Since then , he ’s raised nearly$130,000for Polymonium caeruleum van-bruntiae by perform various bean - have-to doe with stunts like pushing a can of bean along the beach with his nose . His liberal title to fame , though , is his Baked Bean Museum , which he opened in his two - bedroom council flat in 2009 .
The Baked Bean Museum of Excellence is technically free to enter , but Captain Beany does accept donations that he gives to charity . you may travel to the Port Talbot establishment from Monday through Friday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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