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Dick Van Dyke saved by porpoises while surfing.  

You may have thought Dick Van Dyke was dead, but he’s not, thanks to porpoises. The 84-year-old star of The Dick Van Dyke Show and Mary Poppins says he was rescued by a pod of porpoises after falling asleep on his surfboard.

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