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.”
Mental Floss » 24 Things You Might Not Know About the Kansas City Royals
It’s already been a remarkable October in Kansas City. For the first time since 1985, the Royals qualified for postseason play, and since defeating Oakland in the American League Wild Card Game they’ve become America’s baseball Cinderella, sweeping their way to their first World Series berth since that 1985 campaign. Before you hop aboard the royal blue bandwagon, here are … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The key to happiness is lorem ipsum [Amusing]
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Futility Closet » Richard Returns
More wisdom from Poor Richard’s Almanack: Diligence is the mother of good luck. Caesar did not merit the triumphal car more than he that conquers himself. Where Sense is wanting, everything is wanting. None are deceived, but they that confide. Approve not of him who commends all you say. Despair ruins some, Presumption many. ‘Tis easier to prevent bad habits … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Two people quit their day jobs to take photos of their dog playing dress-up. Sadly, they're wildly successful [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » Experimental Ebola vaccine could be ready for testing as soon as January. It would've been ready sooner, but someone left open the doors to the barn where they kept the horses they were going to test it on [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » Painter of Light's original gallery turning off the lights [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Jesus saves, but every once in a while he's willing to splurge on dinner for his "wife" [Stupid]
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The Onion » American Voices: Led Zeppelin Accused Of Plagiarizing ‘Stairway To Heaven’
A judge has decided to allow a lawsuit claiming that Led Zeppelin plagiarized its iconic song “Stairway To Heaven,” which has earned more than $560 million in sales and royalties, from a track by Spirit, a band it once played concerts with. 
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Fark.com RSS » Religious financial guru: You shouldn't believe that Christ guy about rich people not being able to get into heaven. I mean, who the hell does he think he is to make that kind of call? [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » The U.S's $7.6 billion investment in Afghan poppy production is showing great results [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » 10 Sticky Facts About Maple Syrup
Savor every drop of this topping—assuming you’re using the real stuff, that is—because it sure isn't easy to make. Here are 10 tasty tidbits everyone should memorize before their next pancake supper. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » "I'm sorry if this is hard for you, but I'm nine now" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Key quote: "I thought it would be incredibly funny to give a police officer a wet willy, to which I was sorely mistaken" [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Rwanda announces additional screening for Texans [Ironic]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this exhibit [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » The Missing Links: The New Simpsons App
Uproxx gives you all the detail you need on the new Simpsons app out today. * Here are 10 amazing treasures no one can seem to track down. * Needs to get more done? These 44 apps can help. * These world markets are so much more vibrant and colorful than your neighborhood grocery store. * “It’s an odd business … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Ever wonder what would life would be like if you lived near the search area for accused cop killer Eric Frein, sort of resemble him, and had to walk to work every day? It's pretty much what you'd expect [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Texas voters decide that the state has really done such an awesome job with infectious diseases, budget slashed by 8% [Fail]
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FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, I was woken up by my dog touching my foot, so I tried to push it away. Then I realized that I'd kicked my girlfriend in the face. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » New study from the Rick Romero Institute: Conservatives watch Fox, Liberals follow MSNBC, Independents browse CNN, and Anarcho-syndicalists turn to Fark [Obvious]
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Mental Floss » Scientists Reveal the Real Face of King Tut
He was probably ugly. [Link]
The Onion » Astronomers Celebrate 300th Anniversary Of Discovering Sky
PARIS—Commemorating one of the most important scientific findings in human history, astronomers around the world Monday celebrated the 300th anniversary of English physicist Edmund Weaver’s discovery of the sky. 
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Fark.com RSS » Cool: Woman spends weeks brightening up vacant lot by restoring neglected planters and filling them with flowers. Stupid: Neighboring business demands she rip out the flowers and bring back the faded cracked look [Stupid]
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Mental Floss » Get Ready for Windows 95 (With "Friends")
In September 1994, Friends premiered. In August of the following year, Windows 95 was released. To help computer users adjust to this amazing new era of comedy and technology, Microsoft brought in Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry to explain how Windows 95 worked. The result is this deliciously dated VHS tape that veers between awkward skits and clunky … [Link]
Mental Floss » 20 Things You Might Not Know About 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'
16. A school was once put on lockdown because of the show's theme song. [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Did you hear the one about the woman who walked into the hospital claiming she had been exposed to Ebola? Turns out alcohol was involved. Bonus: Only charged with disturbing the peace [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » If you leave your scale, Mary Jane and mushrooms in a bag on the bus, you probably shouldn't bother trying to go to lost and found [Dumbass]
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Mental Floss » Cuckoos Hide From Each Other with Camouflaged Eggs
Greg Schechter via Wikimedia Commons Australia’s little bronze cuckoos (Chalcites minutillus) lay odd looking eggs. They have a thick coat of pigment in the outermost layer of the shell that gives them a dark olive or brown color and reflects very little light. Even weirder is that they don’t look a thing like the white speckled eggs of the large-billed … [Link]
FMyLife » youngboob says FML
Today, after my dad trying every bait, hormone, and poison, the cockroaches in this apartment have gone crazy. They are trying to kill themselves. One tried to commit suicide, by suffocation, in my mouth this morning. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Bald says FML
Today, my son gave me a bottle of shampoo for my birthday. I'm as bald as a coot. FML [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymous says FML
Today, my parents told me off for reading, as opposed to watching TV like the rest of the family, because it was "anti-social". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Doctors say it's not healthy to bottle up everything inside you [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » The Total CEO was totally killed in a snowplow incident where the driver was totally drunk [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » Texas LT GOV candidate Dan Patrick: God speaks to all of us through Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson [Amusing]
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The Onion » New Election Ruling Allows Candidates To Remain Completely Anonymous Throughout Campaign
WASHINGTON—Explaining that the measure is intended to protect politicians’ right to free expression against undue scrutiny from the general population, a new ruling implemented this week by the Federal Election Commission allows candidates run… 
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Mental Floss » 8 Lifehacks for Roommate Living
Presented by Wells Fargo [Link]
Fark.com RSS » UK considers quadrupling prison terms for Internet trolls. Hey, where'd everybody in the Politics tab go? [Repeat]
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The Onion » American Voices: Funeral Home Offering Drive-Thru Open Casket Lane
A funeral home in Michigan has opened an open casket drive-thru lane where mourners in cars proceed to a window to pay their respects to the deceased for three minutes before driving away. 
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Fark.com RSS » We know what "organic" means for food items, but the word is quite hazy for nonfood items [Obvious]
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Fark.com RSS » We've arrived at a great moment in time. It's Last Post 700. Come for the hurr. Stay for the durr. LGT LP699 [Fail]
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Fark.com RSS » Former televangelist and neckless-American Ernest Angley, 93, covers up abuse by flock members and urged vasectomies and abortions for Jesus [Weird]
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The Onion » ONN Exclusive: One-On-One Interview With God
The infallible Creator of the universe sits down for an intimate eye-opening interview. 
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Mental Floss » 13 Retro Halloween Party Activities for Your Spooky Shindig
No one knew how to party like the Halloween hosts of yesteryear. They sent weird invitations, with the text rhyming, written backward, or encased in a walnut shell. And from the moment their guests arrived, the spook factor was turned way up. One book from 1912 recommended hosts “have the hall totally dark with the door ajar and no one … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Convicted murderer sues for right to draw you like one of those French girls [Amusing]
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Fark.com RSS » Despite billions of taxpayer dollars, NASA was scooped by a guy with a dinky video telescope on a mountain in the Canary Islands, who caught an explosion on Mars as Comet Siding Spring passed by. Thanks, Kennedy [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Harvard researchers announce new method of growing 3D metal nanoparticles in DNA molds. Terminator 2 now reclassified as a documentary [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Time for a travel ban. On Texas [Followup]
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Mental Floss » How To Get Buff, According to an 1889 Book on Fitness
You may be strong, but are you 1880s strong? Ask yourself: – When an “occasion arises for some special muscular extraction, or taxing the action of some organ,” do you find said action organ coming up short? – If you take "a sharp run of two or three hundred yards, or even less,” do you realize your “lungs are not … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Quoth the raven, 'Let's strip off one of these breakers inside this substation' [Strange]
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Fark.com RSS » Just because you're part of the funeral procession for a dead soldier doesn't mean you don't owe the state of Maryland nine bucks in tolls [Stupid]
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Fark.com RSS » The fact that Led Zeppelin actually did 'forget' to credit other writers of some of their songs encourages a copyright troll to sue on "Stairway To Heaven." So far, it's working [Followup]
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Fark.com RSS » Suuuure…. "Accidentally" bought a gimp suit [Weird]
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Futility Closet » Wasted Words?
If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and perfectly good, why do we pray to him to intercede in our lives? A human father is finite and fallible — he may not know that his child needs help; he may be unable to give it; or, conceivably, he may not care enough to make the effort. But an omnipotent, omniscient, infinitely good … [Link]
Mental Floss » Name the Single-Letter Elements
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Fark.com RSS » When it comes to pranks, the Japanese are the funniest people around [Amusing]
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FMyLife » DanTheMan says FML
Today, my sister ended her long and extremely annoying crush on Justin Bieber. I can only hope one day my girlfriend will end hers too. FML [Link]
FMyLife » adirom says FML
Today, I came out as bisexual to my friends via group message. They didn't respond; I had a panic attack. An hour later, one of my friends texted back, "k". FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Someday in the near future you will have to submit a photo of your face to determine which dog is best for you to adopt [Strange]
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The Onion » Your Horoscopes — Week Of October 21, 2014
ARIES: After a long, sweaty, painful time trying to fix a knotty problem yourself, you’ll finally admit defeat and call in a real thoracic surgeon. 
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The Onion » Opinion: Your Ignorance Of Classic Horror Leaves You Woefully Unqualified To Run This Haunted House (by Larry Groznic)
By Larry Groznic 
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Mental Floss » What Is Cloud Nine?
The Cumulonimbus—the puffiest and presumably most glorious cloud—happens to be the ninth one mentioned in 1896’s International Cloud Atlas. It’s possible that’s where this metaphor for bliss originated. But it could also be a reference to the ninth sphere of heaven (the one closest to God) in Dante’s Divine Comedy or to the ninth stage in the Buddhist journey toward … [Link]
The Onion » Flu Clinic Selling 2009 Version Of Vaccine For A Few Bucks Cheaper
OMAHA, NE—Saying that it probably still protects against a few strains of the virus going around this flu season, the immunization clinic at Nebraska Family Health Center is now offering doses of the 2009 influenza vaccine at a discounted price, sou… 
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The Onion » Moronic Mailroom Worker Worked Way Down From CEO
NEW YORK—Marveling at just how far he has plummeted since taking charge of the company 18 years ago, moronic former CEO Douglas Kellerman regaled reporters Tuesday with the discouraging story of how he worked his way down to the mailroom of MetroCom… 
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The Onion » Media Stumped On How To Handle Missing Mixed-Race Woman
WASHINGTON—Struggling to find an appropriate response to a delicate situation, members of the American news media admitted Tuesday that they remained stumped on how exactly to handle the case of missing mixed-race woman Alison Johnston. 
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Fark.com RSS » Man arrested for doing naked pushups in the street. No word on whether they were hands-free [Dumbass]
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Fark.com RSS » Much like the 2011 Virginia earthquake, Britain gets a hurricane that does the same devastating damage [Scary]
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The Onion » Onion Poll: Do You Prefer Having A Male Boss?
The Onion – America's Finest News Source 
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Fark.com RSS » Man fatally shot in Echo Park… atally shot in echo park… echo park ark ark [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Hasbro working on My Little Pony movie for 2017, assumes Bronies will still be socially awkward enough at that point to make it a hit [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Well, now that the Ebola scare is over, lets revisit that sleepy little town Ferguson, Missouri. Oh dear [Interesting]
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Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this rupture [Photoshop]
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Mental Floss » When 8 'Back to the Future II' Technologies May Become a Reality
via Futurepedia The future is upon us—but if you asked Marty McFly, he’d tell you we’re already behind schedule. When Back to the Future II’s time-traveling DeLorean blasted Marty McFly and Doc Brown to the future, they arrived on October 21, 2015. While the sci-fi comedy has already predicted some things about the future correctly (playing video games without hands, … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » The Brothers Chaps bring us a message of Halloween Safety [Cool]
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Fark.com RSS » Man who probably fits your stereotype of "French oil company CEO" killed in Moscow plane crash, along with three crew members [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » The soda industry is spending $1.7 million to fight a proposed $0.01 cent per ounce tax on sugary beverages sold in Berkeley [Obvious]
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Weird Universe » Pee Pocket
The Pee Pocket is yet another device that allows women to pee standing up. (I'm pretty sure I've posted about several other such devices.) It was designed by a heart surgeon. But what caught my eye were the possible plans to come out with a camouflage version of it marketed to hunters. Says the inventor in an interview with Local … [Link]
Weird Universe » Follies of the Madmen #232
Existential candybars, as only David Cronenberg could direct it.
For more weirdness, try his new novel.
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Fark.com RSS » Canada Post to stop delivering mail door-to-door, meaning that Canadians will have to hike to the mailbox to pick up their subscriptions to The Hockey News, Bacon Today and getting their Gordon Lightfoot cassettes [Followup]
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Mental Floss » 5 Questions: "Har"vest Time
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Fark.com RSS » Artist who nailed his testicles in a protest last year shows balls and channels his inner Van Gogh by chopping off his earlobe [Sick]
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Mental Floss » Morning Cup of Links: Marcel the Shell Returns
Marcel the Shell (With Shoes On) Is Back. The cute one-eyed snail gives a nonsensical yet adorable interview while fighting allergies.
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Fake deaths, cheap resurrections, and dealing with real grief. Those who have confronted death find the pop culture version altogether unrealistic.
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Watch your favorite Game of Thrones actors nail their auditions. Read the text first so you’ll … [Link]
FMyLife » Anonymos_fmler says FML
Today, I was shopping when a woman stopped me and asked me what lipgloss I was wearing because my lips looked gorgeous. I had to explain to her it was just the grease from the Slim Jim I had just eaten. FML [Link]
FMyLife » John says FML
Today, my little sister decided it would be funny to hide in the washroom closet while I was taking a piss. I wasn't pissing, I was wanking. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison for killing girlfriend [News]
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FMyLife » sushipanda9 says FML
Today, I volunteered to tutor a 17-year-old girl in science. I had to explain in detail of what the real Big Bang theory was, as she only knew about the show. Later, I heard I was reported by her because apparently, "I was trying to convert her to Scientology." I now know why she needed a tutor. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Plastic surgery for flesh tunnel ears? Gauge for yourself [Obvious]
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Futility Closet » Return to Sender
Mathematician Yutaka Nishiyama of the Osaka University of Economics has designed a nifty paper boomerang that you can use indoors. A free PDF template (with instructions in 70 languages!) is here. Hold it vertically, like a paper airplane, and throw it straight ahead at eye level, snapping your wrist as you release it. The greater the spin, the better the … [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Man steals 244 election signs because the sight of them all was almost two gross [Florida]
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Fark.com RSS » A cheeseburger-stuffed donut. THAT IS ALL [PSA]
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FMyLife » Bartender says FML
Today, near the end end of my shift as a bartender, a drunk man stumbled into my bar, got upset because I refused to serve him, puked into my tip jar, then offered me half a pack of cigarettes in exchange for sex. FML [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Shopping list: Bananas ✓ Bread ✓ Milk ✓ NOPE ✓ [Scary]
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Fark.com RSS » Oscar De La Muerta [Sad]
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Fark.com RSS » I'm sure adding PROFESSIONAL SHARK PUNCHER to your resume would look extremely cool [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » If any Farkers had a baby today, you can get them started on retirement with a free $500 [Spiffy]
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Fark.com RSS » A supervillian's guide to creating Cobra Commander-like natural disasters with a Hank Scorpio-like success rate [Interesting]
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Mental Floss » WWI Centennial: Apocalypse at Ypres
Wikimedia Commons October 20, 1914: Apocalypse at Ypres One of the greatest battles in history, the desperate struggle at Ypres in October-November 1914 was the climactic fight of the “Race to the Sea” – an all-out German push to break through the Allied line and capture Calais and the other French ports on the English Channel, thus dividing the Allies, … [Link]
Weird Universe » Breaking Bad Toys
Toy'sR Us is going to carry Breaking Bad action figures and accessories which include bags of pretend crystal meth. I think the pretend crystal meth should be pop rocks! [Link]
Fark.com RSS » Photoshop this time consuming grooming [Photoshop]
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