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Happy Friday! Question of the week(end): What is your favorite bird of all time and why? 🐦

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Happy Friday! Question of the Week(end): What book has the best ending line? πŸ“š

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Happy Friday! Question of the Week(end): What's the worst cooking mistake you've ever made? πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³πŸ‘Œ

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Happy Friday! Question of the week(end): If you could instantly become an expert in something, what would it be?

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Happy Friday! Question of the week(end): what's the ugliest shark? 🦈

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Happy Friday! Question of the Week(end): What historical figure would you most like to see a biopic about? (Bonus: who would you cast?)

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Happy Friday! Question of the Week(end): What's one fact you wish you'd never learned?

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Question of the week(end): what book were you supposed to read in school, but never actually did? πŸ€”

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Question of the week(end): What’s your favorite everyday hack that makes your life easier? Don't have one? Check out our latest video for some inspiration!

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