Add FAQ entry on Arrow

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+### Is DuckDB built on Arrow?
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+DuckDB does not use the [Apache Arrow format](https://arrow.apache.org/) internally.
+However, DuckDB supports reading from / writing to Arrow using the [`arrow` extension]({% url docs/extensions/arrow.md %}).
+It can also run SQL queries directly on Arrow using [`pyarrow`]({% link docs/guides/python/sql_on_arrow.md %}).
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 ### Are DuckDB's database files portable between different DuckDB versions and clients?
 
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