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What special meal do families share to celebrate the Chinese New Year?
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Families share a reunion dinner, which is the most important meal of the year!
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What tasty treat was spotted with King Charles III?
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What age did Betty first try wing walking?
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Betty first tried wing walking at the age of 87!
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Why do horses yawn when they see each other yawn?
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How far did Zhang Xue ride his motorbike on water?
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What unusual reason caused schools to close in Japan?
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A total of 254 people played in the world's largest human foosball game!
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