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The Positive And Negative Influence Of Babies On The TV
When Missy hears an expert discussing newborn babies on the radio, it makes her wonder about her own family. She and her cousin Claire are best friends who finish each other’s sentences and practically read each other’s minds. It's an eerie connection, so eerie that Missy has questions she wants for her parents. But she's too afraid to ask. Still Missy can't let go of those nagging question, so she decides to use a school project about scientific hoaxes to try and uncover the answers, and she enlists Claire to help. As part of the project they perform a dramatic scene that is captured on video at school. After the video is posted to YouTube, Missy and Claire realize that they've opened Pandora’s box. Not only are their identities called into

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