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But what science cannot understand, it dismisses.

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Michael Scott
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 29
Actor
Clergyman
Executive Producer
Screenwriter
Showrunner
Television Actor
Television Producer
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Ken Tremendous
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