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What's my weirdest adventure? Yikes, there've been so very many. Perhaps the pig+vegetable+Taiwanese-army-guys boat ride to the island off the coast of Taiwan qualifies as the weirdest. Or at least the most seasick.
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
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Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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