Topic Reading-Vol.3859-11/4/2022

Dear MEL Topic Readers,
‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies at 94, months after his first wash
Did our ancestors and close cousins, Neanderthals, ever bathe or wash their faces tens of thousands of years ago? Were they unhealthy if they had never bathed? Recently, an Iranian hermit died at the age of 94, having outlived most of the healthy and clean fellows in the country. He lived a solitary life in between a hole in the ground and a brick shack built by townspeople. He didn’t eat any fresh food or drank clean water. More surprisingly, he hadn’t bathed for over six decades until his fellow villagers convinced him to wash his body a few months ago. He feared he would get sick if he ever used any soap and water. Unfortunately, he died just months after the wash. Though he was known as the world’s dirtiest man, he lived longer than most of the clean people. What was the cause of his death?
Read the article about a man without a wash for decades.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/26/asia/worlds-dirtiest-man-dies-iran-haji-scli-intl/index.html