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Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpion.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Nothing
Scorpion
Scorpions
Smells
Burned
Smell
Worse
Mark
Words

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