Please answer the following question: What key details about thái ngọc  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: thái ngọc -lrb- born 1942 -rrb- is a vietnamese insomniac . according to vietnamese news organization thanh niên , he is best known for his claim of being awake for 41 years . thanh niên also claimed that ngoc acquired the ability to go without sleep after a bout of fever in 1973 , but according to the `` vietnam investment review '' , there was no apparent cause . at the time of the thanh niên report , ngoc suffered from no apparent ill effect other than being unable to sleep . he was mentally sound and carried two bags of pig feed down a road every day . in october 2006 , however , ngoc reported that he was beginning to feel `` like a plant without water '' due to the lack of sleep .
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- known for is the claim of not sleeping for 41 years- birth date is 1942- name is thai ngoc- nationality is vietnamese- birth place is trung nam province ha village , quế sơn district of quảng