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¨¨¨¨¨^~*%* COMPONENT) FOUND MAINLY ALONG RAILWAY *%*~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*% LINES. THEY'RE USUALLY MOUNTED HALFWAY %*~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~ POWERLINES. ~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~VERY BIG~. INSTEAD, NOT AS MANY ARE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ARTIFACTS/SYMBOLS, THEY BELONG TO THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨^~*%*§¶@ METERS TO EACH SIDE OF IT. TRANINS DO @¶§*%*~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~*%*§¶ NOT STOP BETWEEN THESE SIGNS DURING ANY ¶§*%*~^¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~* COLLIDING. *~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ GROUND CLOSEST TO A TRANSFORMER STAYS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DRY. A COMMON SIGHT IS A CREEK OR ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ STREAM MAKING A HALF-CIRCLE DETOUR. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ GENERALLY, SUCKING TRANSFORMERS ARE NOT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ PLACED NEAR TO LARGER BODIES OF WATER. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~* IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THEY SEEM TO PULL *~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*% IN STRAY FIELDS AND ELECTRICITIES. %*~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~*%* SUPERSTITION EXIST THAT THEY ALSO *%*~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~*%*§ AFFECT SPIRITS, GIJINKAS, AND EVEN THE §*%*~^¨¨¨¨
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