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There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.

L. M. Boyd

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L. M. Boyd
Age: 79 †
Born: 1927
Born: June 9
Died: 2007
Died: January 22
Columnist
Journalist
Counting
Pool
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Animal
Varieties
Shark
Sharks
Loan

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