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Every day, TV, newspapers, and the Internet bombard us with a message that we're destroying the earth. Ice caps are melting, rivers are dying, polar bears are drowning, and trees are doing something.
Penn Jillette
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Penn Jillette
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 5
Actor
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