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Just for you non-sea-god types out there, don't go swimming in New York Harbor. It may not be as filthy as it was in my mom's day, but that water will still probably make you grow a third eye or have mutant children when you grow up.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Richard Russell Riordan
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