Odds and sods I look at regularly, just because they amuse me. I hope they do the same for you. Incidentally, I found this page’s title on Greg Ross’s Futility Closet (it’s somewhere on this page) in a mini-article which also includes the delightful sentence in Icelandic: Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabbabara. Ross points out that this, “besides being fun to say, is spelled with only three letters. It means “Barbara, daughter of Ari, brought only rhubarb to Ari the Arab.”
Fark.com RSS » Academic publisher tries to stop publication of paper on price-gouging in academic publishing [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » App teaches kids about nutrition by allowing them to scan packages of food and simulating the sound and vibration of the fart it will produce [Asinine]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, thinking we'd still be able to finish our project in time for tomorrow's deadline, my work group put off doing any work until today. When we logged into the website we have to use, we found it was down for maintenance all day. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » There are more barrels of bourbon in Kentucky than people – and that's the only strange bourbon fact [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Students kicked out of dorms, forced to live in locker rooms. Wait, wasn't this the plot of a movie? [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » When a news article needs to remind you that you shouldn't smear peanut butter all over your dog and tie him up outside you KNOW it is bear season in Illinois [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » It took a startup 7 years to make a cup. Inflation must have driven the price to $199 [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: How 'The Daily Show' Does It
Selective Viewing If you’ve ever wondered how The Daily Show and The Colbert Report manage to search through a sea of TV and pick out just the right moments, then check this out. The secret is SnapStream. * We’re Taking Over Yesterday I shared a new game that will allow you to design your own Mario levels. Now this news … [Link]
The Onion » American Voices: Facebook Lifts Ban On Breastfeeding Photos
After drawing criticism for prohibiting photos of breastfeeding mothers under its no-nipples policy, Facebook has quietly lifted the ban and started allowing mothers to post breastfeeding photos without risk of removal, though all other pictures of nipple… 
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Fark.com RSS » Obama training military to turn on tea party. What, with all that marching and yelling and those sexy summer camouflage outfits, who wouldn't be a little aroused? [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » Second teenage girl and her mother open up about being duped by 'molester' who posed as Twilight star. Still a better love story than Twilight [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Bad idea #213: Feeding wild alligators from your mouth [Dumbass]
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Futility Closet » Money Market
A curious bet was made in one of the London clubs, some years ago, that will doubtless point a moral. It was that a certain member could not, within two hours, on London-bridge, sell one hundred new guineas at a penny apiece. The man took his place on the bridge with a little tray on which he had the coins. … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally, an art exhibition we can all get behind [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » In today's episode of "When did you get so farking old?": Madonna's daughter is graduating from high school next month [Scary]
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The Onion » Magazine: The Beatles Or Blues Traveler: The Debate Continues
The Beatles Or Blues Traveler: The Debate Continues 
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Fark.com RSS » Just when you think Australia couldn't possibly find another way to kill you it gets invaded by the Zika Virus [Scary]
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The Onion » God’s Will Only Thing Keeping AC Unit In Window
States offer millions in tax breaks to any person who says ‘high-tech jobs,’ a child is entertained for five minutes by a toy that will take 1 million years to biodegrade, and God’s will is the only thing keeping an AC unit in a window. 
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Fark.com RSS » U.S. spent $3 million on boats for Afghanistan. Because geography [Asinine]
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Mental Floss » 10 Things to Know About '22 Jump Street'
From Dartmouth style beer pong to on-set head butts, here are 10 things the directors and cast told us about making '22 Jump Street,' out today. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop the owner into this shirt [Photoshop]
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The Onion » Bribery Suspected After 2022 World Cup Moved To Richard Branson’s Backyard
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND—With continued controversy surrounding the awarding of the 2022 World Cup, fresh reports of bribery and corruption surfaced Friday after it was revealed that the tournament had been moved from original host country Qatar to the b… 
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Fark.com RSS » Time to remove your pants and have a cold beer at the ready: it's time for the Fark Weird News Quiz: Hell Yes It's Summer edition [Survey]
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Fark.com RSS » In a scene that may or may not be from a new John Waters movie, Baltimore police shoot cow running loose in downtown Baltimore [Strange]
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The Onion » Slideshow: The Greatest Moments In Slideshow History
The Greatest Moments In Slideshow History 
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Mental Floss » The Weird Week in Review
Unusual Dog Defies Odds of Survival When I first saw this image being passed around, I thought it was Photoshopped, or at least a digital glitch. No, this is Pig, a dog who was born with profound deformities. Pig and her litter mates were found in the woods near Atlanta. Kim Dillenbeck of Helena, Georgia, adopted the puppy named Pig. … [Link]
Mental Floss » The Grand Budapest Hotel Made Entirely of Lego Bricks
It seems like these days, there's nothing that isn't made out of Lego bricks. In honor of the Blu-Ray and DVD release of The Grand Budapest Hotel, Ryan Ziegelbauer and a team of eight builders created movie's hotel. Nearly 600 hours and 50,000 Lego bricks later, the result is stunning! [Link]
Mental Floss » What Now-Defunct Store Do You Miss Most?
On Fridays, we ask a series of unrelated questions. Your answers help get us through the afternoon. Answer one, answer all, or ask your own question. On to this week's topics… [Link]
The Onion » Woman Who Changed Self To Please Boyfriend Enjoying Happy Long-Term Relationship
SPOKANE, WA—Ten months after altering her interests, appearance, behavior, and opinions to please her boyfriend, Michael Gartner, local woman Gabrielle McMullen is now enjoying a happy, lasting relationship with her long-term partner, the cheerful 2… 
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Fark.com RSS » OJ Simpson says that of all the things that can be proven in court, unfaithfulness to his wives his biggest regret [Unlikely]
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Fark.com RSS » New app informs foragers where they can find fruit trees, berries, nuts, herbs, vegetables, mushrooms, and dumpsters in their neighborhood [Interesting]
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The Onion » More Corporations Using Tag And Release Programs To Study American Consumers
NEW YORK—In an effort to more closely observe the group’s buying habits and personal behaviors, a growing number of corporations are turning to tag and release programs to study American consumers, sources confirmed Friday. According to report… 
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FMyLife » rc2981 says FML
Today, artwork that I had been working on for months was destroyed, leaving me almost in tears. The culprit? A lonely pigeon who'd got into the room and shat all over it. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Finally, justice will be served. Romanian hacker indicted for his fiendish plot to unleash the paintings of George W. Bush upon an unsuspecting world [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 20 Amazing Animal Adaptations for Living in the Desert
Without the benefit of modern technology, animals that make their home in the heat have had to come up with their own ways of staying cool and hydrated. [Link]
Mental Floss » 10 Demands Made by World Cup Teams
Brazilian hotels had to make some unusual concessions to accommodate the players. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Researchers: "Men who met sex partners via app have a greater incidence of gonorrhea and chlamydia compared to men who meet the old fashioned way: clubs, the street, sex party, bathhouse or the more recent old fashioned way: online dating sites&#
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Fark.com RSS » Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl goes from one hot hellhole in the desert that's controlled by religious extremists to another [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » You know you've done something wrong with your life when you're remembered as "holocaust denier" first and "teacher" second [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Drew was caught dancing naked on a greased stripper pole at a midget meth house [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Headline: 'SC prosecutor releases human trafficking plan'. Seems pretty bold to be just putting it out there like that [Unlikely]
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Mental Floss » Brain Game: Bill the Cat
It's time for another open-ended Free-for-All Friday mentalfloss.com Brain Game challenge. Enjoy! Give ONE example of an English word
of FIVE LETTERS OR MORE that ends with the letters "ACK." EXAMPLES: THWACK, SIDETRACK, QUACK Please add your single entry to our
comment list below, and have a great weekend! [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I had dinner for the first time with my boyfriend's parents. It was awkward enough without his mom asking, "So, what do you do for fun, besides my son?" FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » After a 69-year cease fire, Allied bombing resumed in Germany today [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Animal lovers, better get your last licks in: Bestiality could be outlawed in New Jersey [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » Which ancient beast once thought to be extinct can be found thriving across the Alaskan landscape? A) Woolly Mammoth B) Sabre-Toothed Tiger C) Blockbuster Video [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » "Dear Prudence: Can we have a column dedicated to shiatty fathers just in time for Father's Day? You gave us one about terrible mothers for Mother's Day" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Haters gonna paint: I don't always leave passive-aggressive notes for my neighbors, but when I do they're in the form of an 8-foot-tall painted sign [Amusing]
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The Onion » Aunt Enters Ninth Year Of Raving About ‘Wicked’
OGDENSBURG, NY—Praising its vibrant visual effects and declaring multiple songs “absolute showstoppers,” local aunt Treena Warner, 53, informed extended family members for the ninth consecutive year that the Broadway musical Wicked… 
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Fark.com RSS » Navy intercepts solo sailing dog [Sappy]
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Fark.com RSS » How secure is the WIC food stamp program? Let's set up a pretend grocery store and find out [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Scienticians shocked to discover that cities with bike share programs have seen a rise in head injuries [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » New Yorkers Are Why New York Can't Have Nice Things, episode 1433: asshat using a Central Park water fountain as a bidet for their horrid little yap-yap dog that would be hawk chow in a just world [Asinine]
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Fark.com RSS » Fark-ready headline: Beef penis improperly sold for human consumption, suit alleges [Sick]
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Fark.com RSS » A once-in-a-century honey moon rises on Friday the 13th. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » The Onion's parody of Buzzfeed is better than Buzzfeed [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Rapidly climbing the "cause of death" charts: the selfie [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » How Missed Calls Amplify Farmers' Voices
This week, Farm Radio International (FRI) announced the results of an innovative poll covering thousands of farmers. The biggest surprise was the way farmers voted: by calling a phone number and hanging up. The survey was conducted in Tanzania, where smallholder farms (small family farms) make up around 75% of all farm production. FRI, an international radio service that partners … [Link]
Mental Floss » What’s Inside a Dandelion?
Although plenty of folks have dismissed dandelions for their plain exterior, savvy investors know it’s what’s inside that counts. Turns out the milky white sap in dandelion stems is latex, the building block of rubber. [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Scientific Tricks for Making Your Home More Comfortable
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Fark.com RSS » 53 year old man steals 600 high school girl's uniforms from 50 different schools [Strange]
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Weird Universe » The funeral of Miriam Burbank
In the picture you see Miriam Burbank, sitting at a table, holding a menthol cigarette in her hand. She's dead, and this was the scene at her recent funeral. More info at wgno.com.
Of course, we've seen this kind of stuff before here at WU. Back in 2008, there was a post about Ángel Pantoja Medina "standing tall at his … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Police arrest crossdresser who absconded with eighteen televisions from a Walmart [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Stupid: Woman steals lobster tails by shoving them down her pants. Farking Stupid: …to trade for painkillers. Florida Stupid: ….or Chinese food [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Caption this chin alignment [Caption]
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Fark.com RSS » "Well-dressed" man walks up to women in stores and tells them he's a doctor, then gives them a breast exam. Apparently in the South, "well-dressed" means a shirt and tie [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » Today's freaky new foodie trend: Egg on a stick [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this Trojan Burger [Photoshop]
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Fark.com RSS » Car crashes into lobby of CNN Center, is immediately suspected of being a piece of Flight MH370 [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » 89 inmates escape from Ford open prison in Sussex, England; an incident that would never have happened if they'd been kept in Chevy prison [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » That house teetering on a cliff in Texas? They're going to burn it to the ground at 10:00 AM local time [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Cops, blackface, a 'negro party,' bananas, photographs, Facebook. You know the rest [Fail]
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Weird Universe » Catch Us If You Can
Proof that you do not need video games as flight simulators to encourage hijacking.
Original article here.
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Fark.com RSS » Well shoot, looks like the NRA needs to let fly with a new slogan against gun legislation [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Four things you need to know about the collapse of Iraq. None of which answer the question, "Why is this article in Popular Mechanics?" [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: Factory
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Advice from Movie Dads
The Best Life Advice From Movie Dads. These lessons are worth passing along to your own children.
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17 Things You Didn’t Know About McDonald's. In Germany, they have beer!
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The Legend of Zelda gets a Game of Thrones-style intro. It’s titled, appropriately, Video Game of Thrones.
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10 Books For Kids Who Hate Reading. The right story can … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The elusive Yankee Candle bandit has finally been caught. We can all breathe a breath of fresh smelly air [Weird]
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FMyLife » BrefODM says FML
Today, thanks to an efficient diet, I reached my target weight. Unfortunately, my chest has disappeared. My boyfriend suggested we have a funeral for my bras. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Latest Venezuelan shortage is: A) food, B) toilet paper, C) coffins [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Kids who were popular in middle school become losers in adulthood, says science geek who wasn't popular in middle school [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » "Man's death in ER can't reoccur." Apparently he nailed it the first time [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Only in Florida: Stealing an iPad and making your getaway in a kayak. No we're not making this up [Florida]
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FMyLife » jaquie0812 says FML
Today, my two cats decided to have a brawl on top of me. I was just trying to get to sleep. Now I'm covered in scratches. FML [Link]
Futility Closet » Bard to Worse
Dismissals of Shakespeare: “An upstart crow beautified with our feathers.” — Robert Greene “The most insipid, ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.” — Samuel Pepys, on A Midsummer Night’s Dream “His rude unpolished style and antiquated phrase and wit.” — Lord Shaftesbury “A disproportioned and misshapen giant.” — David Hume “Shakespeare never had six lines together without … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man accused of trying to hire an inmate to kill the police informant from murder-for-hire case he was originally jailed for. Now if he could just hire someone to kill the inmate that he wanted to kill the informant, he might get away with it [Dumbass
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Fark.com RSS » Tying a rope around your waist and running down a cliff face may sound dangerous, but don't worry, this guy thought of every safety precaution. That's why he put a bucket on his head [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Always drive in the right lane except to pass. The left lane is for gunfights [Misc]
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Fark.com RSS » Lawsuit alleges company made employees pray each day, as well as thank them for their jobs. Oh yeah, and there's Onionhead [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Optical illusion creates a different shade of color for every viewer, but scientists don't know why [Weird]
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Fark.com RSS » Man mistakenly freed by jury gets stabbed to death hours later. Whew, dodged a bullet there [Strange]
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Mental Floss » 11 Highly Specific Podcasts
Even if you're not a fan of sports or popular culture, there's probably a podcast out there that's right up your alley. [Link]
Mental Floss » 6 TV Shows That Flopped Despite Having a Super Bowl Lead-In
When a TV network believes in a new show and wants to get it in front of as many eyeballs as possible, they air it directly after the Super Bowl. However, not all series benefit from this advantageous position. Some are so bad, even a Super Bowl lead-in can't prevent a mid-season cancellation. Here are six shows that premiered after … [Link]
The Oatmeal – Comics, Quizzes, & Stories » For a non-sports person, this is sorta what it's like to be on the internet right now.
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Fark.com RSS » "Excuse me sir, you've been speeding. Please step out of the vehicle so we can steal it" [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » And now for a slightly different breed of pet hoarder. Nope, not dogs, cats, rats or hamsters [Sick]
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Weird Universe » Green Pups
How cute are these newborn green puppies. They aren't even from Ireland!
Picture from Yahoo Images. [Link]
Mental Floss » 7 Dangerous-But-Fun Vacations
Relaxing on a beach not for you? Try these more adventurous spots instead. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Here's a headline that should have been worded differently: Bachelor party makes impressive fossil discovery in Elephant Butte [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop Theme: Create a coat of arms for your city of residence [Photoshop]
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