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TIL Orcas wear dead salmon as hats.

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oeRL TIL that there is a term for a family with no children, DINK, Dual Income No Kids. In the show Fairly Odd Parents, the Turner’s are often jealous of their rich, childless neighbours, the Dinklebergs.
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