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Maps, you have to love them! As a kid in the pre-internet age, I spent many an hour poring over my precious atlas, memorizing countries, their capital cities, rivers, mountain ranges, flags...Dreaming of visiting them all, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

But not all types of maps are useful. Some, even the most detailed world maps with countries show.. nothing helpful in particular. However, as the page 'Terrible Maps' proves, you can still have fun with them! This tongue-in-cheek collection of cartography-based funny memes and jokes is sometimes absurd and other times surprisingly informative, but funny jokes with geography and world maps are always a good laugh! Scroll down below to check out the funny drawings and useless information for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!

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Cat Earth Theory

Cat Earth Theory

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Madzdad the bard
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See, if flat-earthers were right, that cat would push Austrailia off the edge!

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Antarctica, The Confusing Continent

Antarctica, The Confusing Continent

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rhyan lumilay
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

do compass hay wired to different directions there since almost everywhere is North?

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For Those Of You Suffering From Election Fatigue. A Map Of Pubs In The Uk

For Those Of You Suffering From Election Fatigue. A Map Of Pubs In The Uk

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#5

35 Place Names In Iceland That Will Help You Understand What Dyslexia Feels Like

35 Place Names In Iceland That Will Help You Understand What Dyslexia Feels Like

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#7

Countries That Use The Metric System Vs Countries That Lose Wars To Vietnamese Farmers

Countries That Use The Metric System Vs Countries That Lose Wars To Vietnamese Farmers

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#8

Bosnians: I Wanna Swim; Croatia: No

Bosnians: I Wanna Swim; Croatia: No

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#10

Saudi Arabia Mapped Only By Its Rivers

Saudi Arabia Mapped Only By Its Rivers

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Amazingly Comprehensive Map Of Every Country In The World That Uses The Mmddyyyy Format

Amazingly Comprehensive Map Of Every Country In The World That Uses The Mmddyyyy Format

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Darryl Kerrigan
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still remember years ago (in the UK), a few years after 9/11, when someone came in and said it was disgusting how everyone had forgotten about the attacks and we should have a minutes silence. It was 9th November... true story.

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Hans
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...and there is not a single reason for doing so ("That's how I learned it" does not count).

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Stéphane Thomas
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an informatician, everyone should use YYYYMMDD. Then "alphanumerical" order is chronological order too. Be KISS Folks!

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Meghan Turnis
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Church/McDonald's/Starbucks on every corner. Can't do the metric system for ANY reason. And if you try to day-month us, we'll implode. 'Murica.

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Stéphane Thomas
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You probably know we called the "quarter pounder" as the "bigmac" in french. (Thx to Tarantino)

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okpkpkp
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is where I learned mine. 40 years later and I still use DDMMYY.

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tuzdayschild
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We're young and we crave attention. Give us another 500 years, we'll come around.

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Martha Meyer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That one actually drove me nuts when I had an American client at a job once! Not as much as having to send Americans text documents though. That happened at another job previously. They don't use A4 and I had to convert everything into their weird "letter" format.

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r3dd3v1lL
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another thing that gets on my nerves is separating big numbers with commas- for example they write a million 1,000,000 instead of 1 000 000. Some countries use the comma as a decimal symbol and it's super confusing when americans do that.

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Nick P
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

no km but Miles, No liters but gallons, no feet but meters, no Celsius but Fahrenheit, etc etc

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Stéphane Thomas
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

at least for money you have dollar and cent. In the past in UK, the pound, shilling and pence was a f*****g fuckery...

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Tony Moon
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As an American I simply do not understand our use of MMDDYYYY, nor our fixation on not using the MKS system.

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Miles Robin
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HOW DARE YOU WE WILL RAID YOU OF ALL YOUR OIL FBI SCKREEEEEEEEE

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Heeku the Marshmallow
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12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m the only kid in my class who uses YY/M/D. It’s annoying having to explain every time.

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Sue H-s
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So why does the UK get it foisted upon us? It just doesn’t make sense to do it that way. Think of the teachers and the blackboard, and all that wasted chalk, instead of just rubbing out the first two digits most days!

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Debbie Dean
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when actual citizens get to decide which system they use. We can use yours, can you use ours?

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Eduardo Bautista
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sorry to say that the Philippines also uses the mmddyyyy format. Though personally I always use the ddmmmyyyy format.

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LA Jos
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually had to look at this for a second before I figured out what the "mmddyyyy" was, and I live in America.

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okpkpkp
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I filled out a hospital form today that had that format. MMDDYYYY and I usually write it DDMMYY

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Ruth Beaty
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ya know, the world is quite big enough for differences and if we are happy with it who are you to complain about it?

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Viki Banaszak
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, we gotta be different in some things. We can't just go on following England all over the place ya know.

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Jose Baeyens
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once they master the metric system they will see the light.... I guess...

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rhyan lumilay
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

we still use that date format in majority but in formal or in corporate we use ddmmyyyy format.

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Mike Chin
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But how do people speak it? do they say October 25th, or 25th of october?

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Jilltdcatlady
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most often October 25th, 2018. And it's very confusing reading dd/mm/yyyy, especially if dd and mm are less than 12.

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Suzana Stantic
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Trisha Saini
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wait the mmddyyyy format isnt normal??? my mind is BLOWN!!!!

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Jill
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, Japan uses the same date format as the US...

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Stannous Flouride
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But more and more celebrate 4/20 by smoking marijuana and 3/14 by creating π memes.

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cwa92464
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is also the map of the countries that prevented Europe from speaking German

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Joe Gray
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*map of countries that invented the airplane, and ended WWII

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Stannous Flouride
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And yet, around the world more and more people celebrate 4/20* by smoking pot and create tributes to π on 3/14**. *Hitler's birthday ** Einstein's birthday & Hawking's deathday

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This way actually does make more sense

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Martha Meyer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Going from the smallest to the largest unit or even going from the largest to the smallest makes sense. Going from the middle unit to the smallest unit and then the largest unit isn't.

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America does not care and is doing fine w/o using a different way

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#12

EU Referendum Results 2016 Vs. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Areas 1992

EU Referendum Results 2016 Vs. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Areas 1992

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Chart To Determine Risk Of Bear Attack

Chart To Determine Risk Of Bear Attack

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

man don't you hate it when you're flying in space above earth, and then suddenly BEAR ATTACK, yeah that's just the worst

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Orange Peel Map Of Japan

Orange Peel Map Of Japan

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Here's A Map Showing Where All Our Followers Are From

Here's A Map Showing Where All Our Followers Are From

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#18

A Map Of Every American City

A Map Of Every American City

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The Russian Empire As Of 2017

The Russian Empire As Of 2017

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#20

How Many Switzerlands Fits In Brazil

How Many Switzerlands Fits In Brazil

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A Map Of Europe By Each Nation's Most Iconic Artwork. If You Can Name Them All You Deserve A Prize! (But Won't Get One).

A Map Of Europe By Each Nation's Most Iconic Artwork. If You Can Name Them All You Deserve A Prize! (But Won't Get One).

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#26

The Legality Of Owning A Kangaroo In The United States

The Legality Of Owning A Kangaroo In The United States

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#28

This Is Actually In A Textbook..(Glencoe Science: Biology, Chapter 5, Section 3.)

This Is Actually In A Textbook..(Glencoe Science: Biology, Chapter 5, Section 3.)

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Diagram Of Geopolitical Relationships In The Middle East

Diagram Of Geopolitical Relationships In The Middle East

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Institute of Internet Diagrams" :D I shall cite this for all graphs in my work from now on.

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Gif Of Swiss Expansion Over The Past 200 Years

Gif Of Swiss Expansion Over The Past 200 Years

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Handy Chart Showing How Far I Would Walk Just To..

Handy Chart Showing How Far I Would Walk Just To..

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#34

Garbage Can V Trash Can In The United States

Garbage Can V Trash Can In The United States

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#35

Population Per Capita

Population Per Capita

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had a coworker ask me how many people in NYC there were per capita. I said one. And that, my friends, is how Keith learned what "per capita" means.

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#36

Is This Country Greenland?

Is This Country Greenland?

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Troux
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Greenland isn't a country. I think that's what this map is trying to show (it's owned by Denmark).

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Countries With An Ak-47 On Their Flag

Countries With An Ak-47 On Their Flag

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Elton Muchaiabande
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's Mozambique, my country. I never understood why an AK47 is necessary on our flag. The same to christianity carrying a cross as their symbol

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Countries Where Queen Elizabeth II Can Be Charged With A Crime

Countries Where Queen Elizabeth II Can Be Charged With A Crime

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Name Of Hamburger By Us County

Name Of Hamburger By Us County

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Really Makes You Think

Really Makes You Think

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once upon a time, war broke out among Norwegian Vikings. One band launched the boats and fled. They discovered a green island and settled. Afraid that their enemies might pursue them, they sent word back to Norway that their island was actually an ice-land, but that another island — more distant, larger and indeed covered by ice — was inhabitable green-land. And so the green island became Iceland, and the icy island became Greenland.

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#43

Less Than 0.1% Of The World Population Lives In The Blue Area

Less Than 0.1% Of The World Population Lives In The Blue Area

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I'm Just Gonna Put This Here

I'm Just Gonna Put This Here

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#45

Map Of Roman Air Bases In 2nd Century Ad

Map Of Roman Air Bases In 2nd Century Ad

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#46

What Happens When You Replace Every Official Or Co-Official French Speaking Country With A Picture Of Kim Kardashian Crying

What Happens When You Replace Every Official Or Co-Official French Speaking Country With A Picture Of Kim Kardashian Crying

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San Marino At Its Territorial Peak

San Marino At Its Territorial Peak

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Nadja Lambacher
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a sports tournament only for the smallest countries, like the olympics for micro nations. San Marino, Liechtenstein and Andorra are in it.

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#51

If Gravity Is Real, Than Why Doesn't The Ocean Go To The South Hemisphere?

If Gravity Is Real, Than Why Doesn't The Ocean Go To The South Hemisphere?

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Popes/Mi²

Popes/Mi²

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It says 1 pope/square mile. And my guess is there must be a green dot where the Vatican is supposed to be.

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