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Trump’s birthday spectacle contrasts wildly with Biden’s understated 80th

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This couple grows trees in the shape of chairs. They sell for $90K.

Gavin Munro and his wife are realizing his lifelong dream, taking about 10 years and painstaking effort for each chair.

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