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Gender reveal parties spawned single use props

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Finding out baby details used to happen in a doctor's office, but now it requires explosives. An entire sector popped up overnight to sell single-use cannons, colored smoke bombs, and mystery balloons, turning a medical update into a highly monetized theatrical event.

Gender reveal parties spawned single use props
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