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¨:-^%£¶### placement in the galaxy, and our ###¶£%^-:¨
¨:-^%@£¶## galaxys placement in the local cluster, ##¶£@%^-:¨
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¨:-^%@£¶## beaming of all our secrets in every ##¶£@%^-:¨
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¨:-^%@£¶¶¶ idea what we're doing (and it probably ¶¶¶£@%^-:¨
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¨:-^%@££¶# i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette #¶££@%^-:¨
¨:-^%@¶### this year and try to snatch some beers ###¶@%^-:¨
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