10 groundbreaking inventions and the women who created them
Stacker scoured the internet to highlight 10 groundbreaking inventions and celebrate the women who created them.…
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States with the most active-duty military members
Stacker compiled a list of the states with the most active-duty military members using 2021 data from the Department of…
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Biden greenlights Alaska drilling project and extends new protections to the state’s North Slope
After a multi-year battle in and out of courts, President Biden has approved the controversial Willow drilling project in…
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Cities with the highest rate of motor vehicle fatalities
How deadly are your local roads? Stacker used Department of Transportation data to rank the 50 cities with the highest vehicle crash fatality…
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The US surpasses 160 mass shootings in 2023. Here’s every event mapped
Stacker cited data from the Gun Violence Archive to visualize the scope of mass shootings thus far in 2023. Data is as of April 17,…
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States with the most cars per capita
The General compiled a list of states with the most cars per capita using data from the Federal Highway…
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Will the chip shortage end in 2023?
To understand the forecast for chip shortages in the U.S., Automoblog took a closer look at industry forecasting and expert reports to see if the…
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State spending analysis: Which states spend the most on policing and corrections?
MoneyGeek analyzed the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data to determine how much states spend on policing and corrections.…
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Who actually invented the lightbulb—and the illuminating history of modern lighting
LED Lighting Supply looked at the history of electric lighting, from early incandescent lightbulbs to LED…
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Cities with the fastest ‘time-to-crime’ rates for firearms
Stacker compiled gun crime data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on 40 cities across the U.S. and ranked them by…
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Biden, Trump, and Pence: how their classified documents scandals are the same (and different)
Stacker investigated the Trump, Biden, and Pence classified document scandals using a variety of news and government…
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How women’s rights in the US have been eroded since the last time we celebrated women’s history month
Stacker looked at how women’s rights in the U.S. have been eroded since the last women’s history…
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20 photos of shipwrecks from WWI and WWII
Stacker compiled research from news sites, wreckage databases, and local diving centers to provide context for a series of striking images of WWI and…
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The deadliest accidental explosions ever recorded
Stacker compiled information from historical archives, accident reports, and country records to find some of the most deadly nonnuclear accidental…
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As Americans faced high gas prices, big oil companies doubled their profits
As Americans felt the crunch of a tighter global oil supply both at home and at the pump, major oil companies set new profit…
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Most dangerous states to drive in
Stacker used the Federal Highway Administration’s 2020 Highway Statistics report to rank states by the fatalities per billion miles…
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US presidents who only served one term or less, ranked
Stacker analyzed how single-term U.S. presidents compare in the eyes of professional observers of the presidency, using C-SPAN’s June 2021 ranking of…
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20% of carbon emissions from the food creation chain come from shipping
Analyzing a 2022 paper on greenhouse gas emissions, Thistle broke down findings about carbon emissions in the food supply chain and supporting data…
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20 of the richest people who ran for president
Stacker compiled a list of America’s 20 richest presidential candidates, using data from Forbes, CelebrityNetWorth.com, and Business…
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50 famous firsts from presidential history
Using government websites, historical documents, and news articles, Stacker compiled a list of 50 famous firsts from presidential…
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60 historic photos from American military history
From iconic scenes to pictures of unknown soldiers in battle, Stacker looks at 50 historic photos from American military…
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States with the biggest Native American populations
Stacker ranked the states with the biggest Native American populations and looked at some of the characteristics and conditions of each community,…
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Ranking presidents over the past 8 decades by their final approval rating
Stacker ranked U.S. presidents over the past 80 years by their approval ratings when they left office using data from The American Presidency…
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Most expensive US military weapons and programs
On Dec. 23, 2022, President Biden signed the Department of Defense’s 2023 budget into law. Using data from the National Defense Authorization Act,…
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Safest cities in America 2023: Violent crime rate increases drive per capita cost of crime
MoneyGeek looked at the most recent FBI crime statistics to estimate the cost of crime in 263 cities with populations greater than 100,000 across the…
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Where are Americans happiest?
SmartAsset compiled a list of the 10 happiest places in America by looking at metrics such as personal finance, well-being and quality of…
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States with the highest revenue from cannabis taxes
H_Ko // Shutterstock States with the highest revenue from cannabis taxes Closeup of burning packet of marijuana for cash dollars. The Drug…
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Presidential scandals in pictures
Stacker compiled a collection of 10 images showcasing presidential scandals through the…
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Cities with the most divorced people
Using 5-year estimate data from the Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey, Stacker created a list of the 50 metropolitan areas with the…
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States with the most firearms traced to them by the federal government
Stacker compiled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives firearms trace data to see which states had the most trace requests tied to them…
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States with the biggest gun industries
Stacker analyzed firearms commerce data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine which states had the biggest gun…
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From gun laws to climate change: How liability drives policy discussions on controversial issues
Estey & Bomberger, LLP investigated how liability drives policy discussion on controversial issues using a variety of news and academic…
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States where gun sales have increased the most since 2011
Stacker consulted data from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to examine which states have seen the most significant increase in…
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Influential Supreme Court decisions decided by 1 vote
Stacker compiled a list of influential Supreme Court decisions decided by one vote using a variety of news, government, and legal…
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Where refugees to the US come from and why
To find where U.S. refugees come from, Stacker utilized data from the Refugee Processing Center, operated by the State Department. Countries were…
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LGBTQ+ people who made history in 2022
Stacker compiled a list of LGBTQ+ people who made history in 2022 from news and other…
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Rural demographics in every state
Learn about the people living in rural areas of every state, according to the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and the American Community…
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US presidents who were elected for a second term, ranked
Stacker dug through the data of C-SPAN’s most recent ranking of all U.S. presidents based on a 10-point scale devised by academics to rank those…
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The most common complaints filed to your local government
Stacker analyzed over 70,000 issues for 365 metro areas on SeeClickFix.com to find the most common categories of complaints submitted by concerned…
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Coldest city in every state
Stacker analyzed data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to determine the coldest cities in every…
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Inflation is significantly stressing 75% of Americans—here’s how they’re making ends meet
Foothold Technology analyzed data from the Census Bureau’s latest Household Pulse Survey, released Nov. 29, to determine how Americans are making…
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Countries with the highest rates of public-sector corruption
Stacker used the Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International to look at the most public-sector corrupt countries in the…
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15 things AI can (and can’t) do
Stacker assessed the current state of AI, from predictive models to learning algorithms, and identified the capabilities and limitations of…
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Stacker gathered information from the Federal Election Commission to provide a comprehensive list of the top 50 zip codes where President Trump has…
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US metro areas with the worst air pollution
Stacker compiled a list of the metro areas with the worst pollution in the U.S. using the 2022 American Lung Association State of the Air…
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Richest current Republican politicians in Congress
Stacker ranked current Republican politicians in Congress by their total estimated net worth using a database compiled by Insider…
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Richest current Democratic politicians in Congress
Stacker ranked current Democratic politicians in Congress by their total estimated net worth, using a database compiled by Insider…
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States with the highest and lowest Biden approval ratings
Stacker compiled a list of the states with the highest and lowest approval ratings for President Biden using data from Morning…
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10 technologies that have shaped online gambling
Gambling doesn’t just take place in casinos anymore. OLBG reviewed research from across the internet to understand the different technologies used by…
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A decade of semitruck accident data
The Fang Law Firm, P.C. analyzed 2011-2020 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to illustrate where, when, and how many…
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How seat belt use has changed since the 1990s
Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLCÂ Â explored the history of seat belt use using data from the National Highway Traffic Safety…
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Political cartoons from the last 111 years
Stacker went through the Library of Congress, newspapers, magazine archives, and art and photo libraries to find the most compelling political…
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Gun control legislation that passed and failed over the last 20 years
Stacker compiled 23 pieces of gun control legislation that either passed or failed over the last 20 years, using information from government reports…
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25 terms you should know to understand the gun control debate
Gun control is one of the most heated political topics in the United States. Stacker has compiled a list of 25 terms to help you understand the news,…
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10 cities where bike commuting is growing fastest in the US
Using data from the Bike League, the Census Bureau, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and several cities’ websites, Velotric looked…
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What midterm elections could mean for the state of immigration in the US
Stacker looked at current media coverage, close Senate races, and the positioning of both major political parties to determine what the results of…
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50 facts about guns in America
Stacker gathered information from scientific reports and government and news sites to generate a list of 50 facts related to guns in…
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The numbers behind the DACA program: how many people would its end affect?
Stacker cited data from the Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Immigration Law Center to…
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Landmark LGBTQ+ history in every state
Stacker compiled a list of landmark LGBTQ+ history in every state using a variety of news, historical, and academic…
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Indicators that the Russian people may not wholly support the war with Ukraine
Stacker compiled a list of some of the evidence that has been discovered, using various news sources, indicating that some Russians may not wholly…
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Vladimir Putin’s history of conflict with former Soviet nations: the timeline and human cost
Stacker investigated the various conflicts and wars during Vladimir Putin’s leadership of Russia, when they occurred, and their human cost, using a…
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A brief visual history of how midterm elections changed Congressional control since FDR
Stacker used data compiled by The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the U.S. House of Representatives…
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Landmark Supreme Court cases and Chief Justices of the time
Stacker used information from the law project Oyez, Justia’s U.S. Supreme Court Center, and news reports on Supreme Court decisions to develop a list…
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How US renewable energy adoption compares to other major emitters
OhmConnect broke down how renewable energy adoption in the U.S. compares to other major…
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Russia and China in the last 100 years: The love-hate relationship between the world’s largest communist powers
Stacker investigated the relationship between Russia and China during the last century, using a variety of historical, news, and other…
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How car infrastructure is changing cities
Stacker reviewed historical records, news reports, and government documents to create a list of cities significantly impacted by car infrastructure.…
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10 states where pedestrians are killed by vehicles at the highest rates—and how to keep people safe
Using National Highway Traffic Safety Association data, Elk and Elk Co. ranked the most deadly states for pedestrians involved in vehicle crashes…
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Special masters: what they are and how they impact court cases
Stacker investigated what special masters are and how they impact court cases using a variety of news, government, and other…
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How privacy policies enveloped the world
Stacker spoke with several privacy experts to gauge the true impact of privacy on the average person and how the government has addressed the…
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Nearly half of American LGBT adults are religious—here’s how this breaks down demographically
Stacker looked at how religiosity breaks down among members of the LGBT community by state, age, religious affiliation, and ethnicity based on data…
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Visualizing three decades of animal agriculture emissions in the US
Thistle analyzed 30 years of livestock emissions data from the Environmental Protection Agency to unpack how agriculture has contributed to…
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Can you guess which US city this ‘Jeopardy!’ clue is about?
Stacker compiled a list of clues about US cities using J!…
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Nobel Prize history from the year you were born
Stacker looked at facts and events related to the Nobel Prizes each year from 1931 to 2021, drawing from the Nobel Committee’s recollections and…
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A timeline of notable government bailout and relief programs in US history
The US government has a history of bailing out institutions and individuals in extraordinary times. Sound Dollar looks at the historical record to…
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How ‘monkeypox’ and other disease names have caused controversy
Stacker investigated how “monkeypox” and other disease names have caused controversy, using a collection of news, scientific, and government sources.…
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Is your neighborhood at risk of sinkhole damage? You might be surprised …
Stacker investigated some of the primary risk factors for sinkholes and where those factors may be present using information from the U.S. Geological…
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Rates of women voter registrations are surging—particularly where reproductive rights are threatened
Stacker analyzed TargetSmart data to see how women’s voter registrations have changed since the Dobbs decision. State rankings for legislation…
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Former jobs of the governor of every state
Stacker analyzed the former roles of every current governor in…
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These are the groups behind some of the biggest cybercrimes
Using sources including the U.S. government and the Council on Foreign Relations, Twingate has compiled a list of eight notorious hacking groups…
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Comprehensive sex education matters. Here’s what the data shows
Stacker cited data from SIECUS, the Guttmacher Institute, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to visualize how…
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Could you pass the U.S. citizenship test?
There are 100 questions on the civics section of the U.S. citizenship test. Applicants are asked ten of those questions orally and must answer at…
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Former world leaders who were prosecuted after leaving office
Stacker referenced news coverage and legal documents to compile a list of former leaders who were prosecuted after leaving office. Read on to learn…
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The history of voting in the United States
Stacker examined how voting rights have evolved in America, how much has been accomplished, and how much remains to be…
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States with the lowest voter turnout last midterm cycle
Stacker examined U.S. Census data to find which states had the lowest voter turnout in the 2018 midterm…
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What makes people vote? What data and experts say
As part of a project called Democracy Day, Stacker conducted research and spoke with experts to better understand why people vote. Â …
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Nearly half of fatal car accidents in 2020 happened at night—understanding the factors at play
Why do more car crashes happen at night? Staver Accident Injury Lawyers used data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to examine…
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How veterans’ employment compares to the rest of the population
Stacker cited data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to visualize how veterans’ employment compares to the rest of the…
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Your guide to the Bill of Rights and other constitutional amendments
Stacker compiled a look at all 27 amendments to America’s governing document, the…
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A state-by-state breakdown of crashes involving large trucks
Which states had the most fatal accidents involving large trucks in 2020? Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger used data from the National Highway…
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Monkeypox vaccine in the US: What public health experts know so far—and what they don’t
Stacker compiled a list of frequently asked questions about the currently available monkeypox vaccine from governments, scientific sources, and…
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The 4 types of learners—and how to know which you are
Not everyone learns the same. The VARK model identifies four types of learners: visual, auditory, read and write, and kinesthetic. Citing the VARK…
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What steps some states have taken to provide reparations for Black Americans
Stacker explored the steps some states are taking to make amends for racial injustices and inequality against Black Americans.…
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How student loan debt has increased over time
To illustrate how student loan debt has grown compared to other forms of debt, Experian analyzed data collected from student loan holders nationwide…
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10 states most at risk for malware attacks
Using SonicWall data, Beyond Identity highlights the 10 states with the most attempted malware…
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Reports of hate crimes are rising—here are how protections vary by state
Stacker has collected information to help readers understand the varying hate crime laws across the U.S.…
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If your password is in this list, you’re an easy hacking target
Do you use the same password for all your online accounts? Change it now—but not before you see these easy-to-guess passwords to avoid using, based…
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States with the most venture capital investments into woman-led startups
Propel(x) ranked the top 15 states with the most venture capital investments in women-founded/co-founded startups using data from…
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Military medals and what they mean
Many medals are issued by the U.S. government to members of the Armed Forces. But what do the medals mean, how are they earned, and where do they…
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The 3,000-year history of toll roads
RateGenius compiled this history of U.S. tolling—beginning with its roots abroad and in ancient history—tapping into research from the Federal…
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105 years of military history
Stacker looks back on more than a century of military movements, withdrawals, battles, and treaties, using data from the Defense Manpower Data…
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