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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Explore Your Archives theme for October is #EYAFolklore - the booklet 'Hants & Dorset's Folklore and Legends' was published in 1975 buff.ly/8SXXpFp - the cover shows the 'Miraculous beam' at Christchurch Priory, said to have been altered by a mysterious carpenter after it was cut too short

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Explore Your Archive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The new theme for October is #EYAFolklore ✨ Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag to get involved, we can’t wait to see your fantastic folklore posts! #ExploreYourArchive

White text on a green background, “#EYAFolklore”, @exploreyourarchive. Illustrated folklore characters in light green in the background.

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SOAS Special Collections @soas-speccoll.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mohammed's winged mare (buraq) from Paintings illustrating Turkish costumes (MS 60368), late C18th. #EYAFolklore

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Explore Your Archive theme for Deireadh Fómhair | October is #EYABéaloideas | #EYAFolklore Get involved and remember to tag @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts! #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann

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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The county gaol in Carmarthen was designed by the architect John Nash, and built in about 1790 It's been demolished, but fortunately, photographers from the National Building Record captured this image of the front entrance in 1933 zurl.co/U2Aat #EYAErased #Coflein #WelshHistory #ExploreYourArchive

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A 1930s photograph of Ashopton Village and the Ashopton Inn, taken just before they were erased by flooding for Ladybower Reservoir. Work on the dam began in 1935 and continued through WWII. The reservoir now supplies water to Sheffield, Derbyshire, Leicester, and Nottingham. #EYAErased #1930s

Black and white photograph, taken on a road junction, with another road coming in from the left. Down the road on the left hand side are a number of houses and a pub.

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Royal Berkshire Archives @berksarchives.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For #EYAErased we thought we'd share this will from 1568 recently produced from our strongrooms for an enquirer. The dirt is so ingrained into this piece of parchment that we have to be careful when cleaning it as ink sits on top of the parchment and could be easily erased! #ExploreYourArchive

A will on parchment with a small, dark red wax seal attached to the bottom edge. The left end of the parchment is dirty and the writing illegible in this area.

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Woodworm and wood weevils can turn any document into a fine mesh of losses, which is why archives have policies and procedures in place - such as quarantining new accessions - to stop pests getting into the stores. #EYAErased #ArchiveConservation

A stack of small paper documents, held open with a glass weight. The paper is riddled with insect damage and impossible to read.

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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Residence of Aberystwyth from the 1930s to the 1980s will be very familiar with this iconic art deco building: the Kings Hall. It hosted many famous performers, including the Rolling Stones in September 1963 Demolished in 1989 📸RCAHMW, 1987 📸A. Chater, 1963 zurl.co/Q7at0 #EYAErased #welshhistory

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Kresen Kernow @kresenkernow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

👀 Look closely at this 1940 photograph of the St Dennis war memorial. Can you spot what's missing? Three names had been removed, leaving blank spaces among those commemorated. The image accompanied a newspaper article documenting a heated local debate in the village...

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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In 1904, a purpose-built Post Office was built on Thompson Street, Barry It was demolished in the 1970s and residential buildings were built on the site Luckily, a record of the post office remains in the form of these beautiful illustrations by the Property Services Agency zurl.co/gT47O #EYAErased

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What happens when a design travels & its name changes? For this month’s #BookOfTheMonth, we’re exploring the history of boteh, aka paisley, through the #KarunThakar Collection & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAErased theme. #NationalYearofReading textiles @dmu.ac.uk @librarydmu.bsky.social

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

'Eclipsed' - Patricia Burke Brogan Premiered in Galway in 1992, this play follows five women erased from society and confined to a 1960s Magdalen Laundry after becoming pregnant out of wedlock #ExploreYourArchive #EYAErased @araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Roy Palmer’s ‘The Demolition of Derby’ provides an overview of a how the city evolved over the 20th century, highlighting lost buildings and streets, and their histories. Find a copy in our #LocalStudies library. #EYAErased #Derby #LocalHistory

Cover of the book 'The Demolition of Derby' by Derek Palmer. It features several sepia tinted photo's of old buildings.

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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Pontysgawrhyd was a H-shaped, timber framed farmhouse built in the late 16th century. Demolished in 1956, little trace of it remains on the landscape. Fortunately, G.B.Mason of the NMR conducted a 📸survey of it in 1955. That record is preserved in perpetuity here at NMRW zurl.co/AvJ1C #EYAErased

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A curious register entry from 3 June 1923 shows an unrecorded amendment: originally written as Leslie Clare, later altered to Carl. A descendant confirmed in 2023 that “Clare” was correct. The change was likely made by Leslie himself, while he was a churchwarden at Twyford. #EYAErased

Photograph of a baptism register entry with the surname Clare changed to Carl.

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 03/09/2026

These stamps featuring King George V, overprinted in Irish with 'Rialtas Sealadach na h-Éireann 1922' (Provisional Government of Ireland 1922), are a powerful symbol of Ireland's transition from British rule to an independent free state doi.org/10.7486/DRI.... #EYAErased #ExploreYourArchive

George V British Definitive Issue stamp in red, with the words 'Rialtas Sealadach na h-Éireann 1922' (Provisional Government of Ireland 1922) overprinted in Irish

George V British Definitive Issue stamp in green, with the words 'Rialtas Sealadach na h-Éireann 1922' (Provisional Government of Ireland 1922) overprinted in Irish

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This photograph shows why all archives are wary of silverfish, which thrive in damp conditions: most of the image has been devoured, leaving only the linked arms of this - presumably - bride and groom. #EYAErased

The remnants of a black and white photograph, stuck to a piece of card. Silverfish have devoured most of the image, leaving small patches throughout and a central larger patch showing the linked arms of a woman in a white dress and a man in a suit.

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Hartley Special Collections @hartleyspecialc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social Can anyone decipher which passage was erased from Sir Jasper Nicolls' notes prior to the publication of the Duke's dispatches? #WellingtonWednesday #EYAErased buff.ly/L2dBiFE

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Explore Your Archive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

✨New month, new theme! ✨ For September, the theme is #EYAErased 👀 Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag to get involved, we can’t wait to see your posts! #ExploreYourArchive

White text on a grey background of a photograph showing faded figures, “#EYAErased”

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Don't erase history! #EYAErased Montage of selected documents from the Modern Records Centre. Artistic display of erasers absolutely not created by a bored archivist. Explore your archive #ArchivesForAll www.exploreyourarchive.org

Montage of selected documents from the Modern Records Centre in the background. Artistic display of erasers featuring the words 'don't erase history' in the foreground.

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araireland @araireland.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Explore Your Archive theme for Meán Fómhair | September is #EYAScriosta | #EYAErased Get involved and remember to tag @araireland.bsky.social & @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Would it surprise you to find a lion in the Derbyshire village of Bonsall? Well if you were there in 1987 you could - at least as part of this colourful well dressing! #PhotoFriday #EYASurprise #WellDressing #1980s

A colourful well dressing - a picture made out of flowers. It shows a jungle scene with lion, flamingo and giraffe.

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Princethorpe Foundation Archive @pfdnarchive.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Archives sometimes turn up in surprising places… These two documents, recording the construction of the new St Mary's Priory school wing in 1875-6, were found lodged inside one of its walls during renovation work in 1969. They are now safely housed in our strongroom! #EYASurprise #SchoolArchives

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social focus week will be between the 21st-29th November 2026! Start preparing by viewing the themes below:

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

ICYMI Do you recall this pop-up book & its #EYASurprises? 👀📚 Turn the wheels, peek beneath the flaps, open, fold & explore! Jan Pieńkowski’s Robot is our latest #BOTM blog post buff.ly/K8OBgCp 🤖✨ #NationalYearofReading @librarydmu.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchive @exploreyourarchive #childrensbooks

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University of Surrey Archives and Special Collections @archives-unisurrey.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Look what we found, a #EYASurprise collection crossover! It appears that E.H. Shepard used a copy of Bentham and Hooker’s ‘Handbook of the British Flora’ to draw these beautiful flowers. Here they are alongside our copy of the book in the Thomas Farrer Collection (TF/1890). © The Shepard Trust

Pencil sketch of a plant named 'Lysimachia Nummularia' or 'Weeping Jenny' alongside the matching illustration from Bentham and Hooker's 'Handbook of the British Flora'. The plant is vine-like and drawn in an 'S' shape, with several small flowers with pointed petals.

Pencil sketch of a plant named 'Arum maculatum' or 'Cuckoopint' alongside the matching illustration from Bentham and Hooker's 'Handbook of the British Flora'. The singular flower is tapered to a point, with a spiked 'spadix' at its centre. It has one leaf with small black spots.

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Anyone fancy an ice cream? Then why not try making a 1980s recipe from Hayfield Primary School for Lemon Ice Cream Surprise. An ice cream cake with lemon and chocolate? Yes please! 😋 #EYASurprise #HistFood #1980s #IceCream

Cover of the booklet 'Hayfield School Recipe Book'. It features images of various sweet and savoury dishes, drawn in black pen.

Typed recipe with heading 'Lemon Ice Cream Surprise'. It lists ingredients such as egg whites, lemons, sugar and chocolate, as well as instructions for how to make the ice cream.

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Royal Berkshire Archives @berksarchives.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We found lots of surprises when recently cataloguing the scrapbooks of the Maidenhead Motor Cycle and Light Car Club! Including a burnt candle and a bit of a plant!🕯️🪴 #EYASurprise

A burnt white candle sellotaped onto the page of a scrapbook, with the caption "Our second Birthday Party".

A bit of plant sellotaped onto a scrapbook page, with the caption "Club run to Clymping or Climping... whichever you like."

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RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This rare early photo, taken sometime before 1883, shows the anatomy theatre at the RCPs Warwick Lane HQ built in the 1670s. 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/about/archit... It was collected by Dr Farre, a 19th C RCP member who compiled a scrapbook of items illustrating key RCP events. #EYAsurprise

Black and white photo showing a hexagonal structure with a domed roof sitting among the rooftops and chimneys of a building.

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This ginnel between High Street and Back Hills, Bolsover is locally called Surprise View. You can see it suddenly steeply drops away and was a popular spot for sledging in the early 1900s. Good fun as long as someone wasn’t walking up at the same time! #EYASurprise #PhotoFriday

A very narrow passage between stone walls and buildings which suddenly drops away steeply downhill in front of us.

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Kresen Kernow @kresenkernow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One of our archivists was surprised to uncover this vibrant concert poster while cataloguing a recent accession! 🎶 Printed at St Lawrence’s Hospital Industrial Therapy Unit, it's a colourful reminder of Cornwall's musical heritage. 🧡 #EYAsurprise

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Would it surprise you to know we have a collection of Western novels in our #LocalStudies library? Derbyshire is not known for its cowboys, but librarian Geoff Sadler was a fan. Writing under the name Jeff Sadler, we have his novels, drafts and typescripts. Yeehaw! 🤠 #EYASurprise

The cover of the book' Return of Amarillo' by Jeff Sadler. A black horse rears on its hind legs with a cowboy sitting astride being thrown backwards, hat falling off. Another cowboy is in the background having just shot his pistol. The sky and ground are orange.

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MBA Library @nmbluk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Imagine our #EYASurprise when planning for what we thought would be Dr Marie Lebour's 150th birthday celebrations this year. Her obituary states she was born 1876, but our archives reveal we've got to wait another year for the big event. Make sure to put a reminder in your calendar

Typed thank you letter, signed my Marie Lebour and dated 21st August 1957. The letter thanks the recipient for the gifts and messages received.

Typed letter from F.S. Russell and dated 25th February 1957. The contents of the letter inform the recipient that Dr Marie Lebour will be 80 years of age on 20th August 1957 and is asking for contributions of up to one guinea and a copy of their signature.

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Here's our #ExploreYourArchive #EYASurpise find in the RCN Archives: a 1929 post card of Miss Muriel Mellerup as Lady Godiva for the Coventry Hospital Pageant. 🗄️Explore the digital archive: rcn.access.preservica.com/archive BM/18/43 #HistNursing

A photo of a woman with long hair sits on a horse. Her legs are exposed. The horse wears a feather headdress. The photo has signature of Muriel Mellerup written over it. Printed text below the photo reads No 1, Miss Muriel Mellerup. The "Lady Godiva" in Coventry Hospital Pageant. 19th June 1929. Photo, E. W. Appleby".

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Do you recognise this pop-up book & its #EYASurprises? 👀📚 Turn the wheels, peek beneath the flaps, open, fold and explore! Jan Pieńkowski’s Robot is our latest #BOTM blog post buff.ly/K8OBgCp 🤖✨ #NationalYearofReading @librarydmu.bsky.social #ExploreYourArchive @exploreyourarchive #childrensbooks

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

With a panoramic view of the Hope Valley, Surprise View just outside Hathersage is well worth a visit. The road surface may look a little different now, but the view is much the same. #PhotoFriday #EYASurprise #PeakDistrict

A dirt track road winding below some cliffs with a charabanc and a early style motor car approaching each other. In front and to the left is a view of rolling hills stretching into the distance.

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We don't often come across a 12th century seal that still looks so clear and vibrant! It was the seal of William, Earl Ferrers and this deed from 1167 details the sale of a mill and some land from Ralph of Seale to Ralph of Gresley, William's son. #EYASurprise #seal #medieval

Close-up of a dark-red, round, pendant seal. It features a rider on horseback.

A small parchment deed, with text written in black ink. A large pendant seal is attached to the bottom of the deed - it is smooth and red, the reverse side of the first image.

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RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Seventy Tales of the Parrot is one of our few non-medical manuscripts. The story tells of a merchant who leaves an enchanted parrot with his wife to tell her stories ending in cliffhangers every night to prevent her being unfaithful. #EYAsurprise @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social 1/2

Pages from the manuscript showing Persian script and illustrations of a woman and parrot

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This inventory from the late 1910s shows the contents of Elvaston Castle at the time. The many pictures listed seem like a who's who of royals, courtly figures and the Stanhope family. But oh dear - someone has cast doubt on the Gainsborough! #EYASurprise

Typed list entitled 'Tapestry Room'. 170- Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia; 173- James Crichton with a lance; 174- Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I; 175- Sir Walter Raleigh (Zuchero); 241- George, Duke of Buckingham; 176- Philip II of Spain; 171- Henry, Prince of Wales; 152- Portrait of a boy, time of Charles II, in a handsome dress.

Typed list of three other paintings from elsewhere in Elvaston Castle. 325- Sir William Stanhope, aetat 62, 1764, Gainsborough (includes a later added handwritten note 'early work and very inferior, probably a pupil of Gainsborough); 327- Mary Queen of Scots; 328- Earl of Harrington, Lieutenant of Ireland.

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SOAS Special Collections @soas-speccoll.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Chōsen shisetsu gyōretsu zukan handscroll painting shows a procession of Korean Ambassadors on a visit to Japan in 1655. It is over 12 metres long! #EYASurprise ow.ly/EBEc50ZwzIX

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SOAS Special Collections @soas-speccoll.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A #EYASurprise in Persian poetry ms 46453 is a snake skin! It came to London in the 1920s via St Petersburg. We think it may have been used to ward off pests and rodents from eating the manuscript.

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University of Galway Library Heritage Collections @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

From Ronnie O'Gorman's book collection, a #EYASurprise sketch by Jack B. Yeats appears in this first edition of The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats, signed and dated December 1955 #ExploreYourArchive @araireland.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

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Explore Your Archive @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Our latest blog post for #EYASurprise is from the Salvation Army International Heritage Centre 📚 Read about the surprising items in their archives here ⬇️ www.exploreyourarchive.org/hidden-treas...

White text on an orange background that says #EYANewBlog

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SOAS Special Collections @soas-speccoll.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

One of the more unusual items in our collections is a lock of hair belonging to James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission! #EYASurprise

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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre @redbridgemuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Our #EYASurprise for August was to discover we had missed July’s theme of #EYAArchitecture with a great offering after a visit from the @barnardos.org.uk Archives to view this plan of the Church in the Girl’s Village Home, Barkingside, 1892. @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social

Photo of a building plan for the Children’s Church at Barnardo’s Girls’ Village Home

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A throwback to February 1933 to help everyone cool off: snow drifts at Fox House and at the “Surprise” Rocks between Fox House and Hathersage reached a massive 15 feet deep! An incredible Peak District winter scene. #EYASurprise #snow #1930s

Black and white photograph of seven men standing on what looks like a snowy hill, but is actually the top of a very high snow drift.

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SOAS Special Collections @soas-speccoll.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Example of mail art by Hassan Musa. These small-scale works are sent through the regular mail as “free art” to surprise friends and all persons who glimpse at them along the way and afterwards #EYASurprise #https://archives.soas.ac.uk/records/MS_381333

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