After India suspended the Indus Water Treaty, a video went viral on social media showing a large number of Shivlings in a river. The user claimed that after the suspension of the Treaty, a large number of Shivlings emerged in the Indus River in Pakistan. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we […]
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Recently a video of a large number of people travelling on foot went viral on social media claiming that these were the people returning to Pakistan from India after the Pahalgam terror attack. Facebook Link | Archived Link However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was false. The video is old […]
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Recently a video of a large number of people marching through the road holding banners and chanting slogans went viral on social media. Sharing the video, users are claiming that the video shows the protest against the Waqf Amendment Bill in India. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know […]
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This is a video from Malaysia and it dates back to November 2022. It is unrelated to India. A video of a man mercilessly thrashing a woman has gone viral on social media with the claim that the incident was reported from India, where a man verbally and physically abused his wife by dragging her […]
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Recently a video of a cricket match between India and Pakistan went viral on social media where the players can be seen kneeling on the ground. Sharing the video on social media, users are claiming that the video shows a match between India and Pakistan where the players of both teams observed a minute of […]
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The viral video shows a wedding party dance from Pakistan and it dates back to 2021. India won the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on 9 March, 2025 defeating New Zealand by four wickets. Following this, a video showing celebrations in Afghanistan is going viral on social media. The users who share the video […]
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The viral video was edited. In the original video, which was shared in April 2024, Mohammed Shami greets everyone a happy Eid. A video of Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami is going viral on social media, with a claim that it shows him explaining why he broke his fast (Roza) during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. […]
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The viral video is a compilation of footage from two different cricket matches. Virat Kohli’s brilliant innings led India to a six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on 23 February 2025. Following this, a video is going viral on social media with a claim that “Virat Kohli’s last shot got […]
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The viral video shows Gandaki Golden Bridge in Nepal, it has no link to Haridwar A video of a hanging bridge swaying between mountains, with some people shaking it while others scream and struggle to cross is going viral on social media. In the video, we can see people standing on the bridge are holding […]
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Recently a video of a cricketer’s wardrobe malfunction during fielding went viral on social media. The video shows a cricketer losing his trousers after a dive. Sharing the video, users are claiming that the video shows a Pakistani cricketer’s wardrobe malfunction during a match between India and Pakistan. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as […]
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On 20 February 2025, India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between India and Bangladesh. Against this backdrop, a video of a fight among the players in the playground went viral on social media claiming it to be the scuffle between the Indian and Bangladeshi players after the match. Instagram Link | Archived Link. […]
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This image shows illegal immigrants who were deported from the United States to Guatemala on January 30. After Donald Trump’s reinstatement as President of the United States, 205 Indian immigrants were deported to India, focusing on unauthorized entry. Against this backdrop, an image is being widely circulated on social media purporting to be a picture […]
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A video containing four different clips has been forwarded to our 24X7 Factline number 9049053770 claiming it to be related to child abduction and organ trading. In the first clip, four masked people can be seen in a forest. There were four children with tied hands and taped mouths, lying unconscious. It looked like someone […]
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A video of a road and bridge is going viral on social media claiming it to be the National Highway 44. The viral video shows a Highway passing through tunnels and connecting to a bridge. It’s being claimed that the video shows the new NH 44 Jammu and Kashmir. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we […]
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A video of a large number of Muslim people wearing religious caps, chanting slogans and holding banners went viral on social media with the claim that the video is from Bangladesh and the video shows a recent protest in Bangladesh against the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Sharing the video, a user […]
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India had won 4 bronze medals till now in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. People were hoping that the first gold medal for India would come at the javelin throw event. Against this backdrop, a social media post claiming that Neeraj Chopra won gold in the Paris Olympics 2024 is going viral. However, Fact Crescendo […]
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The result of the 2024 general election was declared on 4th June and Narendra Modi-led NDA won 293 seats, while the opposition INDI Alliance won 232 seats. Amidst this, a photograph of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and Telugu Desham Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu sitting together is going viral with the claim that […]
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As summer is at its peak, people love to beat the heat with something cold. At such instances the sizzling and refreshing fizz of soft drinks many times becomes the first choice to quench the thirst. These drinks are highlights of parties and gatherings. Over the years soft drinks companies have captured the hearts of […]
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The viral video shows Yezidi women being rescued from an ISIS camp in Syria by the Women’s Protection Unit of the Syrian Democratic Forces A video showing military personnel rescuing some women who are chained in what appears to be a camp is going viral on social media. In the viral video, users are claiming […]
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Recently heavy rains triggered flash floods in several areas of Kashmir including Handwara and Kupwara. A video of people wading through flooded streets is going viral on social media claiming that to be from the recent floods in Kashmir. Facebook Link | Archived Link The same video was shared here too. Archived Link. However, as […]
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A screenshot of a tweet is going viral on social media claiming that to be a tweet from PM Narendra Modi. The tweet reads, “First phase, great response! Thank you to all those who have voted today. Getting EXCELLENT feedback from today’s voting. It’s clear that people across India are voting for INDIA in record […]
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The video is old, and it is not from India. It has been available on the internet since June 2020 in the name of Bangladesh. A video of a foreign female visitor resting on a beach with locals lining up to watch her has been circulated, claiming to be from India. In the video, a […]
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This video of overcrowded train is not from India but from Bangladesh. It has been available on the internet since May 2022 A video of passengers traveling from a train’s compartments to the engine to the rooftops shows not a single square inch of available space is going viral on social media. The video is […]
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The viral video shows cycling plank balance competition held in Kapilvastu, Nepal, and has no connection to the postmaster selection in India. A video showing a man riding a bicycle across a small wooden plank bridge has gone viral on social media with a claim that this is how postmasters are selected in India. In […]
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The viral video of railway track construction is not from India but from Malaysia’s East Coast Link project. A video is being shared on social media showing that the railway line is being built using advanced technologies. This viral video shows construction of railway track with the help of a track laying machine. The users […]
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LuLu Mall Kochi, Kerala clarified that flags of all countries participating in the ongoing Cricket World Cup were displayed at the same height at the mall. The World Cup Cricket 2023 got underway on October 5th, following this, flags from the ten World Cup participating countries were displayed at LuLu Mall in Kochi, Kerala. Meanwhile, […]
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The viral image was captured during the ICC World Test Championship final between India and Australia in June 2023 On 2 September, 2023, the Indian cricket team met Pakistan in their first Asia Cup 2023 One-Day International (ODI) match at the Pallekele International Stadium in Sri Lanka. Later the match was called off due to […]
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For the last few years, some people in our country are demanding to change the name of the country from India to Bharat. Regarding this case, the Supreme Court said that both the names India and Bharat have been mentioned in our constitution. The case was later dismissed. Now a post is going viral on social media […]
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The viral video shows a game called Slap Kabaddi and is from Pakistan, not India. A video of an unusual sport showing a slap fight between two individuals is going viral on social media with the claim that it is from India. In the video, we can see two men slapping each other with the […]
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This video shows a fight between few mothers of children studying in the Beddawi School in Tripoli, North Lebanon. Not from India. Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has reignited the political debate following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks ahead of the elections in Madhya Pradesh. Prime Minister Modi said that India cannot run on two laws […]
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Many posts and videos related to love jihad are going viral on social media. These posts claim how Muslim people lure Hindu girls to fall in love with them and later they torture those girls or kill them. Currently, a photo of an injured lady is going viral on social media. This image showed the […]
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An old video of a cell phone tower that caught fire in 2018 Misinformation about 5G technology has been spreading across countries on social media, alleging that it poses an immediate threat to health and well-being. Those who have sharing such information are linking them to several unproven conspiracy theories, and have called for destroying […]
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The viral video featuring the luxurious train is from Indonesia, not India. A train video is going viral on social media. It features a luxury train. Some social media users are spreading it in the name of Indian railway reform. Narendra Modi and his team showed rapid improvement in railway infrastructure and trains, which earlier […]
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India beat Pakistan by 4 wickets on Sunday in a match that put the audience on the edge of their seats. Virat Kohli emerged as the hero for India in the vicious contest between fierce competitors and arch-rivals that ended in a nail-biting finish, much to the joy of the Indian cricket fans. Following the […]
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Srinagar Police clarified that the viral video is half a decade old and is not related to the Asia Cup 2022. Pakistan beat India by five wickets in their Super 4 game of the Asia Cup 2022. Soon after Pakistan’s victory, a video showing firecrackers in the sky is widely circulating on social media as […]
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The image is not from Pakistan but from Assam, India. In the past several times media organizations have shared old and unrelated images and videos as recent footage of incidents from around the world. In the backdrop of this, an image shared by a Hindi news channel- Zee News shows a picture of trains submerged […]
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The video was edited. It is an old clip from a football game in Kuwait in September 2020. The Asia Cup 2022 match between India and Pakistan was held on August 28 at the Dubai International Stadium, and India won in a nail-biter. Hardik Pandya hit a boundary to give India the victory. Many reels […]
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A photo being shared widely on social media platforms shows a downed small aircraft and a soldier in army fatigues walking beside it with a claim that Indian forces have successfully shot down an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) near the Line of Actual Control(LAC) between India and China. The text on the image also claims that […]
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Eastern University from Sri Lanka confirmed to Fact Crescendo that this video is of a college prank that took place in their campus in 2019. Amid the ongoing protests across the country as the Karnataka hijab row intensifies, a video is being widely circulated on social media that shows a group of boys throwing buckets […]
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The image is not from India. It shows religious prayers offered during the religious congregation of Bishwa Ijtema in Bangladesh in 2020 An image showing a large crowd offering namaaz on a busy street blocking traffic is widely circulating on social media. Several social media users including Pakistani-Canadian columnist Tarek Fatah have shared this image. […]
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Image clicked in Bangladesh being shared on social media as Muslims blocking street for offering Namaz in India. An image showing men offering Namaaz on the street in front of a mosque is circulating on social media. Some of the social media users sharing the image claim that the scene in the viral image is […]
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A photo of a meeting is being shared on social media with captions claiming that shows intelligence agencies from 5 nations including India’s RAW, Israel’s Mossad, America’s CIA, Russia’s KGB and England’s MI6 met at Delhi recently. The photo went viral on social media, leaving many users believing that there was a meeting in New Delhi […]
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Amid rising clamour for implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, an image of a signboard is going viral on social media. The Delhi High Court has backed the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in the country. A Uniform Civil Code involves having a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all Indians, instead […]
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Amidst the ongoing pandemic, India has been one of the worst hit countries, where thousands of people are testing positive each day and are struggling to get oxygen supplies for covid patients . India is currently going through a massive shortage of hospital beds, oxygen cylinders and medicinal drugs used in the treatment of COVID-19. […]
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A video showing a man attacking another man with a rod is doing rounds on social media claiming that it is from India along with a narrative that suggests a communal angle. It is being claimed that the attacker belongs to the Muslim community and he is attacking a man from the Hindu community. It […]
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On 20th November, several news channels, based on a report by news agency PTI, reported that the Indian Army had carried out ‘pinpoint strikes’ to destroy terror launch pads in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). According to the news report, the Indian security forces had carried out pin-point strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan occupied […]
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India’s 74th Independence Day was celebrated on 15th August. In this context, a picture has been circulated on social media forums in which we can see the tricolor hoisted at Lal Chowk in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir. This picture claims that the tricolor was hoisted on the occasion of the 74th Independence […]
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A video is going viral on social media in which we can see a truck and a helicopter colliding with each other. Through this video, it is being claimed that this video is of an accident at Ratan Singh Chowk in Amritsar, Punjab. In the video, we can see the rotating blade of a helicopter […]
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A video is doing the rounds on social media in which a burqa-clad woman can be seen smashing Ganesha idols. This comes just ahead of the upcoming festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. Indian social media users have shared this video claiming that this video is from India, where a Muslim woman can be seen breaking Ganesha […]
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A video of the US army playing the Indian national anthem is going viral on social media claiming that this is the original footage from West Point officer academy in USA on Independence Day 2020. This video was tweeted by Raveena Tandon on Twitter with the caption “Today at West Point officers academy USA.” Archive […]
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There is a severe tension between India and China due to border issues and social media is flooded with posts about the recent face-off between the two sides. There are several unverified claims circulating on social media. Amidst this, a viral image showing soldiers lying dead on the ground claims that it shows the martyred […]
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A video of an argument between the Chinese and Indian soldiers is doing rounds on social media. Since the video is a live video it claims that it shows recent borders tensions among the two countries. The viral video is 8 hours long, which is claimed to have been recorded live. The caption of the […]
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An “exclusive” report telecasted by Republic TV recently shows how the Pakistan Army is hiding in civilian houses and using civilian areas for rocket attacks in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to target the Indian territory. This news bulletin which is available on Republic TV’s official YouTube channel on 20th May 2020 which shows few footage that speak about how Pakistan […]
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There has been a situation of panic among the citizens due to the outbreak of COVID-19 amidst which the social media is flooded with hoaxes related to the disease. COVID-19 has claimed 8778 lives until now as per the Situation Report published by the WHO on 19th March 2020. Recently we came across a viral […]
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Social media is playing a major role in creating panic among the masses by instigating fear about the country going into a lockdown due to the Coronavirus outbreak. We came across few images circulating on social media with similar claims. The images of a viral Press Release is circulating on social media claiming that this […]
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On 31st October 2019, a Facebook user named “Siliguri 24×7 News” posted a video that reads, “Lighting this Diwali in Chandan Nagar, West Bengal”. In the video we can see an amazing light show presented on the walls of a tower. The light show gives a 3D effect to the walls of the tower. Chandan […]
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On 27th October 2019, a Facebook user named “Hummayu Basharat” posted a video, captioned “Atrocities on Kashmiri Muslims by the Indian Police”. In the video, we can see the police arresting some people after hitting them with lathi sticks. Sharing this video on social forums rapidly, it is being claimed that this video shows the […]
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On 2nd November 2019, a Facebook user named “Dhiraj Kumar” uploaded a video, captioned, “Yesterday evening the sea in Mumbai Marine Lines was in fierce form, entire Marine Drive became a water tank.” A scene showing massive waves on the beach has been shared on social media with the claim that the scene depicts the […]
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On 31st October, a Facebook user named “Sonu Pandit” posted a video captioned as “rajadhani Delhi mein hua #allaah bahut bada chamatkaar, bheekh maangate hue vikalaang yuvak ke hue pair theek.” A man can be seen crawling through the street in the video. It seems that this man is physically challenged. A woman along with […]
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On October 29th 2019, a Facebook user named “RashmudinDehngalGuwalaya” posted a video that reads, “B.J.P. Vidhaayak Anil Upadhyay kay is bayaan par kya kahege Modi ji, in video ko itna viral karo ki ye poora Hindustaan dekh sake.” It can be seen in the video that many people are sitting on the road shouting slogans […]
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On 29th October 2019, a Facebook user named “Jagatpal Singh” posted a picture, which reads, “ek aur avataar Hindu Hriday Samraat ka, pehele Kedaaraath me Baba bane the, aaj to Shekh Molavi ban gaye, matalab har roj naee nautanke aur ek naya role.” In this picture we can see Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing an […]
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On 23 October 2019, a Facebook user named “Braje ki Nagariya” posted a video and wrote in his headline that “A bullet has been stuck in his head, yet he has a smile on his face”. Such is our Indian Army, Jai Hind’s Army”. This video is of a soldier who has been shot on […]
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On 23rd October 2019, a Facebook user named “Mukul Dabholkar” posted a video, captioned “2009 song ‘Jai Ho’ choreographed by Chinese”. In this 45-second clip, many artists can be seen performing coordinated Martial Arts and shaping the Chinese national flag. This video has been made viral on social media, claiming that the performances of Martial […]
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On 13th October 2019, a Facebook user named “Ravindra Kumar” posted a video, captioned, “This is the reality of the Gandhi family! They think the public is their father’s property, and are threatening that they will move to London and their children will study in America! Send them to London today! Best will be to […]
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On 14th August 2019 a Facebook user named Ashit Dutta Biswas posted a video, captioned “request everyone to watch this one minute video without missing it to celebrate India’s Independence Day from Trafalgar Square London, Jai Hind.” This video has been made viral on social media claiming that the festival was held in Trafalgar Square, […]
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On 8th August 2019, we received a video link on our WhatsApp number 9049053770 by our reader Mr. Bhagat Singh Bisht who requested us to fact check this link. When we searched for this link we found a video shared on Facebook in which it was claimed that this video is of Saudi Prince Mohammed […]
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On 12th July 2019, a Facebook page named We Love Siliguri posted this video. The title of this video said this rockslide took place after heavy rainfall hit the region. It can also be seen that on 29th Mile NH 10, a massive boulder rolled down the hill and smashes into a moving car. So […]
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On 22nd July 2019, a Facebook user Mahesh Chatri Sagar uploaded a video on Facebook. The title of the video was “Pista House Old Hyderabad”. In the video, an annoyed customer can be seen complaining about the quality of the food being sold at the store. He can be heard telling the Manager of the […]
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On 12th July 2019, a Facebook page named We Love Siliguri posted this video. The title of this video said this rockslide took place after heavy rainfall hit the region. It can also be seen that on 29th Mile NH 10, a massive boulder rolled down the hill and smashes into a moving car. So […]
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A Facebook user named Sheikh Tariq posted a video. Similar videos are being circulated extensively on different social media platforms. The title of the video says “why is the government unable to scare people with tough laws in this country? Savagery has crossed all limits. This is not the first time such incident has happened. […]
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