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I haven't seen the movie, but I have read once that he used to sleep to orange lights as he believed humans would sleep better to it after being accustomed to sleeping by the light of a fire for many many years.

I'll have to look into his early years and see, although I was probably nowhere near. I was a very emotionally unstable and unusual kid after the move to the country. I had zero social skills and a lot of post traumatic stress disorder from events at home. My methods to socializing and living in general were very odd.

I hoarded food and possessions as the cupboards at home were often (but not always) padlocked to keep me from picking my own food out. I would hunt around in bins for discarded food or 5 cent coins to save for canteen food and was referred to as a "scab" quite a bit, but I tended to ignore this, even though I was probably seen as one of "Those oddball kids". I had very little value placed on my reputation.

A lot of my possessions were often confiscated, and anything of special value (ie gifts from my dad) were often smashed and broken in front of me. I had a beautiful Carramar Lava Lamp once that he purchased for me which was destroyed by my stepfather to stop me from staying up at night and using it to read. The trait still sticks with me now; I don't hoard general junk, but I am extremely protective of my current possessions.

Not sure if this ties in with Julian Assanges story. Again I'll have to check it out. He sounds like a very intriguing person.