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Our problems started in Dallas, when the fire-breathing sheep destroyed the King Tut exhibit.

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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
Problems
Dallas
Started
Exhibits
Fire
Riot
Problem
Sheep
Breathing
Destroyed
King
Kings
Exhibit

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