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,,»**§&@## know what year it is. every page is a ##@&§**»,,
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,...=*&$¤£ below which are written coordinates in £¤$&*=...,
.¨,.-/§&¤# both space and time. a lot of it is #¤&§/-.,¨.
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.¨.^«~†§£# reordered, some names i have never #£§†~«^.¨.
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