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Ask To Discover The Unknown

In order to get to know the person, our questions must be open-ended instead of close-ended questions because asking the latter type only narrows down the chances and possibilities of opening up more conversational topics.

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I'm passionate about music and cooking. Also my dog is named after a superhero.

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