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¨¨¨¨¨#¨### THAN  FERNS,  WHICH  ARE  IN  TURN  MUCH ¨#####¨¨¨¨
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####¨#¨### VERY LIGHT,  BEING  HOLLOW. IT'S ROUGHLY #¨¨###¨#¨#
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¨##¨¨#¨¨¨¨ SEPARATE PLANES,  A  FEW  CENTIMETERS IN ###¨###¨#¨
¨#¨#¨##¨¨¨ HEIGHT.  TIME  CAN   GET  DIFFRACTED  IN #¨¨##¨¨###
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