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- THE PYROBOOK
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- HOW TO MAKE GREEK FIRE
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- 1 PARTS SULFUR (LIVE)
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- 2 PARTS CHARCOAL (OF WILLOW)
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- 6 PARTS SALTPETRE (POTASSIUM NITRATE)
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- GRIND EACH ELEMENT INTO A FINE POWDER SEPERATLEY WITH A MORTAR AND MIX.
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- WHEN LIT AND THROWN FLAMING, IT CARRIES THE FLAME WHEREVER IT GOES AND
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- SPLATTERS FIRE WHERE IT LANDS.
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- THE GREEKS USED THIS TO WIN WAR AT SEA. THE ENEMY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
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- LIKE IT AND EVENTUALLY PERISHED.
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- HOW TO MAKE GUN PROPELLANT
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- 1.0 PARTS SULFUR
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- 1.5 PARTS CHARCOAL (CARBON)
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- 7.5 PARTS SALTPETRE (POTASSIUM NITRATE)
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- (LOOKS FARMILIAR...)
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- AS WITH GREEK FIRE, IT IS GROUND SEPERATELY AND MIXED.
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- THIS FORMULAE PRODUCES GUN PROPELLANT THAT BURNS AT 1312 FEET PER SECOND.
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- OR 400 METERS PER SECOND IF YOU THINK IN METRIC.
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- MERCURY FULMINATES
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- MERCURY FULMINATE IS A MEDIUM-POWER EXPLOSIVE THAT IS COMMONLY USED IN BLASTING
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- CAPS, DETONATING DEVICES IN GENERAL, AND AS A STAND-ALONE EXPLOSIVE.
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- ALL FULMINATES, INCLUDING MERCURY FULMINATE, ARE SENSITIVE TO SHOCK AND
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- FRICTION, AND IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THEY BE HANDLED IN A ROUGH OR
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- MERCURY FULMINATE 1 (SHOCK BOMB)
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- SHOCK BOMBS, OR MORE PROPERLY, FULMINATE OF MERCURY [HG(ONC)2], ARE BOMBS THAT
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- EXPLODE WHEN JOLTED IN ANY WAY, SUCH AS LANFING ON SOMEONE'S FEET OR SHOT FROM
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- A DISTANCE WITH A BB GUN.
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- ADD MERCURY (FOUND IN THERMOMETERS AND STRANGE GADGETS AT RADIO SHACK) TO
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- NITRIC ACID (CHEMICALS CATALOGS). DON'T TOUCH THE MERCURY. NOW CAREFULLY ADD
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- ALCOHOL (RUBBING ALCOHOL OR ANYTHING: DRUG OR GROCERY STORE) TO THE MIXTURE AND
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- VOILA! INSTANT SHOCK BOMB.
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- I RECCOMEND RIPPING THE TOP OFF OF A COKE CAN AND STUFFING A PAPER TOWEL IN
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- TO MAKE IT LESS LIKELY TO BLOW UP WHEN YOU DON'T WANT. GENTLY TRANSFER THE
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- MIXTURE TO THE COKE CAN AND, IF YOU WANT, IT WITH ANOTHER CAN TO MAKE IT LOOK
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- MORE INNOCENT.
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- NOW PLACE IT SOMEWHERE AND THROW A ROCK AT IT, SHOOT IT WITH A WRISTROCKET OR
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- BB GUN AND BOOM!
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- MERCURY FULMINATE 2
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- [-1-] TAKE 5 GRAMS OF PURE MERCURY AND MIX IT WITH 35 ML. OF NITRIC ACID.
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- [-2-] THE MIXTURE IS SLOWLY AND GENTLY HEATED. AS SOON AS THE SOLUTION
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- BUBBLES AND TURNS GREEN, ONE KNOWS THAT THE SILVER MERCURY IS
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- DISSOLVED.
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- [-3-] AFTER IT IS DISSOLVED, THE SOLUTION SHOULD BE POURED, SLOWLY, INTO
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- A SMALL FLASK OF ETHYL ALCOHOL. THIS WILL RESULT IN RED FUMES.
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- [-4-] AFTER A HALF HOUR OR SO, THE RED FUMES WILL TURN WHITE, INDICATING
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- THAT THE PROCESS IS NEARING ITS FINAL STAGE.
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- [-5-] AFTER A FEW MINUTES, ADD DISTILLED WATER TO THE SOLUTION.
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- [-6-] THE ENTIRE SOLUTION IS NOW FILTERED, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE SMALL
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- WHITE CRYSTALS. THESE CRYSTALS ARE PURE MERCURY FULMINATE, BUT SHOULD
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- BE WASHED MANY TIMES, AND TESTED WITH LITMUS PAPER FOR ANY REMAINING
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- UNDESIRABLE ACID.
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- MERCURY FULMINATE 3
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- [-1-] MIX ONE PART MERCURIC OXIDE WITH TEN PARTS AMMONIA SOLUTION. WHEN
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- RATIOS ARE DESCRIBED, THEY ARE ALWAYS DONE ACCORDING TO WEIGHT
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- RATHER THAN VOLUME.
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- [-2-] AFTER WAITING EIGHT TO TEN DAYS, ONE WILL SEE THAT THE MERCURIC OXIDE
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- HAS REACTED WITH THE AMMONIA SOLUTION TO PRODUCE THE WHITE FULMINAVE
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- CRYSTALS.
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- [-3-] THESE CRYSTALS MUST BE HANDLED IN THE SAME WAY AS METHOD 2 ABOVE, IN
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- THAT THEY MUST BE WASHED MANY TIMES AND GIVEN SEVERAL LITMUS PAPER
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- TESTS.
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- HOW TO MAKE A HIGH SCHOOL BOMB
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- I WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS BUT THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTED A STORY ON A CAR
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- BEING TOTALED AND A LADY SUFFERING SERIOUS BURNS ON HER TORSO AFTER IT EXPLODED
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- IN HER LAP ON THE 4TH OF JULY. ANYWAY THEY REPORTED THE FORMULA USED... EASY.
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- ADD CLORINE TO BRAKE FLUID IN A GLASS BOTTLE AND RUN.
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- DON'T ASK WHY IT'S CALLED A HIGH SCHOOL BOMB, THAT'S JUST WHAT FRIENDS OF MINE
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- WHO ALREADY KNEW ABOUT IT CALLED IT.
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- CONVERTING A SHOTGUN INTO A GERNADE LAUNCHER
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- A 12- OR 16-GAUGE SHOTGUN IS PROPPED UP WITH A SET OF FOLDING LEGS, SO AS TO
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- FORM A TRIPOD, WITH THE BUTT OF THE GUN BEING THE THIRD LEG AT ABOUT A 45-
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- DEGREE ANGLE. THE ANGLE CAN BE VARIED, FOR AIMING, BY MOVING THE LEGS BACK AND
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- FORTH. TO BUILD A GRENADE LAUNCHER, ONE MUST TAKE AN OPEN SHELL AND REMOVE
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- ALL THE SHOT. ONCE THIS IS DONE, REPLACE IT WITH A SMOOTH CYLINDRICAL STICK,
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- WHICH HAS BEEN CUT DOWN TO A CLOSE FIT. WHEN THE SHELL IS LOADED INTO THE
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- GUN, THE STICK SHOULD EXTEND OUT THE MUZZLE OF THE GUN. TO THE EXTENDED
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- RORTION, A FLAT RUBBER BASE SHOULD BE FIXED AND A "MOLOTOV COCKTAIL" PLACED
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- ON IT. THIS WILL SEND THE BURNING BOTTLES OVER A HUNDRED YARDS WITH A GOOD
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- FEAL OF ACCURACY. THIS IS A GOOD WEAPON FOR ENCIRCLEMENT.
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- HOW TO MAKE A GOOD MOLOTOV COCKTAIL
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- A "MOLOTOV COCKTAIL" IS A BOTTLE FILLED WITH A FLAMMABLE LIQUID SUCH AS
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- GASOLINE, MIXED WITH OIL OR SOAP POWDER TO THICKEN IT. A FUSE, USALLY A RAG
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- SOAKED IN GASOLINE, IT ATTACHED TO THE CORK, LIT, AND THROWN. THE BOTTLE
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- BREAKS ON CONTACT WITH ANOTHER HARD OBJECT, AND THE GASOLINE IGNITES, CAUSING
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- A BURST OF FLAME. THESE WERE USED WITH A GREAT DEGREE OF SUCCESS IN HUNGARY,
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- AGAINST THINGS AS BIG AS TANKS.
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- | |** <--- GASOLINE-SOAKED RAG FUSE
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- |%%%%%| <--- 1/3 OIL
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- 5- TO 6-SECOND FUSE (SEE TO PYRO BOOK II)
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- CARDBOARD TUBE (CARDBOARD MAILER AT POST OFFICE (BEST), OR PAPER TOWEL ROLL)
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- IRON SCRAPS (FOUND AT ANY MACHINE SHOP, TELL THEM ITS TO FILL A PUNCHING BAG)
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- NON-ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP (USE MERCURY FULMINATE ABOVE)
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- TNT (I COULD TELL YOU BUT SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY HAS. FIND IT.)
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- WOODEN HANDLE (ANY HARDWARE STORE OR HOBBY SHOP SELLS DOWELS)
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- \//\<----- NON-ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP
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- FORMULAS FOR AMMONIUM NITRATE COMPOUNDS
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- HERE ARE FIFTY-SIX FORMULAS FOR AMMONIUM NITRATE COMPOUNDS. AMMONIUM NITRATE
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- IS A NEAT EXPLOSIVE THAT CAN BE DETONATED WITH ALMOST ANYTHING.
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- THERE ARE TWO REASONS FOR LISTING ALL FIFTY-SIX COMPUNDS. FIRST, THEY ARE
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- ALL DIFFERENT AND, REASONABLY ENOUGH, ALL BLOW DIFFERENTLY (SOME ARE MORE
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- POWERFUL, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT TRIED ALL 56). SOME REQUIRE MORE CARE THAN
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- OTHERS TOO. SECONDLY, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ALL THE MATERIALS FOR ONE, BUT YOU
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- ENOUGH TALK. HERE THEY ARE. ALL RATIOS ARE ACCORDING TO WEIGHT, NOT VOLUME.
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- 1) AMMONIUM NITRATE 60 2) AMMONIUM NITRATE 34
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- POTASSIUM NITRATE 29.5 POTASSIUM NITRATE 34
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- SULFUR FLOUR 2.5 T.N.T. 17
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- CHARCOAL POWDER 4 AMMONIUM CHLORIDE 15
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- WOODMEAL 4
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- 4) AMMONIUM NITRATE 59
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- 3) AMMONIUM NITRATE 59 AMMONIUM SULFATE 9
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- WOODMEAL 10 NITROGLYCERN 6
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- NITROGLYCERN 10 BARIUM SULFATE 7
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- SODIUM CHLORATE 20 DEXTRIN 8
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- MAGNESIUM CARBONATE 1
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- 6) AMMONIUM NITRATE 75
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- 5) AMMONIUM NITRATE 88 ALUMINUM POWDER 25
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- CHARCOAL POWDER 12
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- 8) AMMONIUM NITRATE 64
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- 7) AMMONIUM NITRATE 94 T.N.T. 15
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- POTASSIUM NITRATE 2 SODIUM CHLORIDE 21
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- CHARCOAL POWDER 4
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- 10) AMMONIUM NITRATE 35
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- 9) AMMONIUM NITRATE 60 POTASSIUM NITRATE 33
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- WOODMEAL 10 T.N.T. 12
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- NITROGLYCERIN 10 AMMONIUM CHLORIDE 20
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- SODIUM CHLORIDE 20
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- 12) AMMONIUM NITRATE 92.5
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- 11) AMMONIUM NITRATE 87 POTASSIUM BICHROMATE2
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- CHARCOAL POWDER 13 NAPHTHALENE 5.5
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- A Disclaimer:
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- What has been presented here is for information and amusement purposes only. It
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- is not intended that anyone use this information for any other purpose. This
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- was written to inform and entertain readers, not to instruct or persuade then to
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