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People On Reddit Are Sharing Hilariously Useless Talents That They Have And Here Are 30 Of The Best Ones
Let's be real here—not all of us are destined to become a genius violinist or a world-class dancer. Heck, even being an average human being sometimes proves to be too tedious. And it's okay—we're not cut from the same cloth, meaning that we all possess different kind of talents. However, some of them are getting labeled as "useless." Is it fair? I'm no expert to answer. All I can say is that my talent of twisting my feet backwards is yet to come in handy...
Some time ago, one redditor asked people to share the useless talents that they have. Believe it or not, people are full of talents that are considered useless, but are nonetheless fun and fascinating! Someone's weirdly good at recognizing fonts, while another person can hit just about anything within 60 feet with a rock. Who's going to argue that it's not impressive?
Scroll down below to read the 50 most upvoted answers from the redditors, and after reading about other people's useless skills and talents, don't forget to share yours in the comment section down below!
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#1
I can disapoint anyone
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#2
I’m not 100% accurate but I can look at people and tell where they’re from without hearing them speak a single word. I’m American and can do this with Americans as well as non Americans. Example: last summer I had a group of 5 and I identified 2 Belgians, a French and a German. One was so unbelievably impressed that he offered me $50 if I could precisely identify the 5th person, a woman, in the group. I looked at her, guessed French Algiers, and won the most unlikely $50 of my life. I’m a small legend in my line of work and the tourists are dumbfounded every [damn] time.
#3
I can fold a fitted sheet so well that it looks indiscernible from a folded flat sheet.
#4
I can count the letters in any sentence while the sentence is being spoken and still pay attention to what the person is saying. I've done this since I was around 10. It's compulsive. I can't quit doing it.
#5
I can think of a song to fit any situation or at least change the lyrics of one to fit. I do it automatically without even thinking. It only takes me a second and is completely pointless.
#6
I am genetically unable to get brain freeze. I can chug an entire slushy without consequence.
#7
I can take a nap for a specified amount of time, like say 22 minutes. I also know right before a timer is about to go off
#8
i can pull apart two pieces of flat lego without using my teeth
#9
I can laugh genuinely with a completely straight face. It creeps people out
#11
I'm really good at catching things that are falling because I clumsily knocked them over. I'm like an oaf in the front half of a second, and a ninja on the back half; I have roughly the same number of spills as the average person, but with extra steps. I've done it with multiple falling objects, behind my back, with my feet - things usually don't hit the ground around me.
#13
I can do a ton of voices. You'd think it would be useful, but I've been trying to get into voice acting for 20 years.
#14
I once entered a talent competition playing the recorder using my nose. The judges were confused and decided I wasn't worthy of first place.
#15
I have none. But my husband! Name almost any dead celebrity and he can tell you where they are buried. Sometimes he can tell you who they are buried next to.
#16
Being able to pick things up with my toes when I'm too lazy to bend down.
#17
I never forget a face. If I’ve seen it once I’ll remember it if I ever see it again.
Pictures are a little harder because it’s a frozen moment in time and they may never look the same way.
Case in point, when I was 12 my dad introduced me to a guy and we chatted for a few moments. Almost 30 years later my dad and I were out and I said, “Dad, is that so and so?” And sure enough, it was and my dad was able to reconnect with someone he hadn’t seen in 20 years.
Jessica Nametz 4 years ago
I am like this, especially with celebrities and people in movies. I can see a few seconds of them and name them, especially with older movies they are in and their younger selves vs. them now.
#19
With a couple of warm ups to get the weight, i can flip a coin for the same result consecutively a bunch of times. My record is 44. Can usually/reliably do at least 20 every time.
Works best with a UK 2 pence piece.
WILLIAM FAULK 4 years ago
enter a bet, on which side it will land on, make some street hustlin'
#20
I can tell by the sounds of many different songbirds when there is a bird of prey flying overhead
#21
I have a hyper-realistic impression of a dog bark. My friends will think there is an actual dog around and get disappointed when they realize that it was me.
#22
I can balance almost anything on the palm of my open hand. Rake, golf club, shovel, open ladder, work and alcoholism.
#23
I can put my legs behind my head.
I've yet to be kidnapped but hope it may be useful then.
Ian Taggart 4 years ago
There's a business called "Extreme Kidnapping" that's got you covered.
#24
I can move my ears independent from my face and vibrate my eyes. No idea why.
Titas Burinskas 4 years ago
The ear moving thing is an old atavistic gene from the times when we were different species.
#25
I can throw up on command. Gross and not nearly as useful as crying.
WILLIAM FAULK 4 years ago
Dman, I wish I could do that, I could get out of school whenever. me: "dammit, the exam is today!" pukes on command, "mommy, I don't fee-" *pukes again.
#26
I can cup my hands together and shoot water 10-12ft in a straight line. It’s like always having a water gun on me. When I do it without water it makes a fart noise, which is like always having a whoopie cushion
#27
I can write without looking. Theoretically, I could write an essay blindfolded.
Cameron Gable 4 years ago
I don't think it would matter if he is not looking
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M.C. 4 years ago
Ooh! I can do this! On lined paper, I usually glance over every minute or so to make sure I'm still on track, but I don't really need to. I can also read and write at the same time (I'm really good at note-taking), and speak and write at the same time, which freaks my friends out because I'll be having a normal conversation with them with eye contact and stuff while also writing something completely unrelated. I am a master procrastinator.
Kristoffer Rahbek-Jensen 4 years ago
If you can do it on a computer, it's actually a really usefull skill
averageperson 4 years ago
That's the way you're supposed to learn to type, without looking down. I learned that way, and my mom got her knuckles rapped by her typing teacher whenever she looked down, so she learned that way too.
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Anjali Cooper 2 years ago
I can do this! I must admit my handwriting won’t look that good, but it’s readable and pretty tidy!
Blue of the yams (They/He) 4 years ago
I can, too. I thought everyone could do it until just now. Can't type without looking, though, and I type only using my index fingers and thumbs, and I can type pretty fast.
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
I can do that too. I think all the girls who had a certain teacher in my primary school can as she would write o ton of stuff on the blackboard really fast that we had to copy down and then when she finished she would rub off what was on the top of the board and keep writing. We had to be as fast as she was as she only gave us a minute to catch up before she rubbed stuff out. So i can write super fast with out looking at the page and still have neat handwriting.
Gilmore Girls 2 years ago (edited)
I can do that too. Not looking, and with my eyes closed! P.S, it's legible, and I can use lined or blank paper.
Isla Bradour 3 years ago
Same, man! My friends are always impressed when I can directly copy text into my computer without looking at the screen.
Lou Herout 4 years ago
I can type blindfolded, i used to journal with my monitor off all the time. But that's not nearly as impressive
Nuri 4 years ago
my dad can type without looking at his keyboard or his screen =O I'm impressed and trying to learn how, any recommendations?
WildBerry 4 years ago
Practice. There's probably typing tutorials online. Typing without looking at the keyboard is the way we were taught in 70's...on a typewriter.
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Lavender Wolfie (づ ◕‿◕ )づ 4 years ago
I can do that sometimes. Usually when im watching youtube
#28
I sing Gregorian chant on pitch and accurately, practicing it at least 1 hr. per day.
But it's a useless skill as there are no chant choirs or need for it in my area.
#29
I can switch accents that are actually convincing mid convo.
#30
I can solve a rubiks cube in around 9 seconds. Unless I get faster it's not like I can make money from it or anything lol.
What do you think ?
BG 4 years ago
I can comment on BP posts even though I have nothing interesting or beneficial to add to the conversation.
Ruth Mayfly 4 years ago
Same! There's a muscle which tenses and then spasms for hiccups, when you know which one it is you conciously relax it. I've always heard that it's impossible to conciously stop hiccups.
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Tye Dye Llama 4 years ago
I can run back into the kitchen right before the microwave goes off. No counting down in my head. Never missed it.
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
CFVGB I DIDN'T KNOW OTHER PEOPLE COULD DO THIS !! I can be sitting there for what feels like 10 minutes and my body just says "k i t c h e n" and I just start walking there, and without fail, I get there right before the timer goes off
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Felix Feline 4 years ago
I can read small print documents that are upside down to me, like on someone's desk.
Melanie Firsten 4 years ago
Good to use in the principals office when they have a document saying what you've done... XD
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kira griffin 4 years ago
In volleyball, I could take one look at the server and immediately know where the serve would land. not much of a talent though
Shelby P 4 years ago
I can fee other people's emotions. I'm not really alone in this. It's called hypersensitivity. But only about 20% of the population is like this. It can be useful (for some) but I find it completely invasive. But once I was driving in my warm car with the heat flowing in winter and I looked over at someone running outside (it was a cold day) and the words "I'm cold" came out of my mouth. I had no reason to say that. I realized it must have been what the runner was feeling. I've learned to suppress this.
pear blossom 4 years ago
I'm weirdly good at remembering things. Songs, dates, books, hell, even dreams from over a decade ago. I can't rewatch or reread things because I know everything that's going to happen. I can tell you the exact date I got all of my plants, when my last haircut was, and when I got my favorite pair of shoes.
Lorelai Purvis 3 years ago
you may have some form of hyperthymesia. that's where you can remember basically everything that ever happened to you in your whole life. it's quite rare with only about 60 people with the condition
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Charlie Hyduk 4 years ago
I can tell a bad person from everyone else. There was a girl in my kindergarten class who I had a bad feeling about, ended up knocking a kid out.
Neil Srivatsa 4 years ago
Everyone in my family has a different eye color. Mine is caramel. Everyone in my family has some weird talent to with their face. Mine is I can vibrate my ears and forehead, so that it looks like I am possessed. It freaks my friends out. Then I recently found out I can weirdly vibrate my eyelid, I do it on instinct, it just makes me look more possessed.
Alonso Victoria 4 years ago (edited)
I can catch plushes every time i use a claw machine!!! I don't know how i do, but always work.
Bron 4 years ago
I can sneeze in a way you can’t tell I sneezed. Developed it because my pelvic floor was too weak. My daughter can tube her tongue five ways (normal, sideways to the left, sideways to the right, a double tube and a triple tube)
A Random Panda 4 years ago
I can turn mine upside down. Like to do it when I'm thinking. My mom can too.
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Magda Kočičková 4 years ago
I've always wanted to be able to do it For some reason..failed..
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Laurel Eddy 4 years ago
I can swallow air and burp. I can prep a really long burp with multiple swallows. Was more fun as a kid. Adults are less impressed.
Gab 4 years ago
I can mimic accents without thinking about it, but once I try to do one I flounder.
Wolfowl 4 years ago
I can put my hands on my chest, palms sticking out, and move my arms together in front of me.
Ione Alva-wies 1 year ago (edited)
I can cry and/or shake on command, I can also touch every part of my back, my arms are normal lengths also I can do burrito and clover tongue
Tigersquid Kittydoggy 4 years ago
I can, given a few seconds, cry on command (or at least make my eyes water) I can also laugh at anything that’s not funny at all (not on command, totally random)
Metaniel 4 years ago
I can write upside down, left to right, right to left, both hands. Same with reading. Da Vinci's texts are easy for me to read and understand. Also struggle a lot with letters "N"and "Z" lol
Kiss Army 4 years ago
I can tell you within $3 how much the total will be at any store with any amount of items, even when my husband and son sneak things in the cart and I don't see the shelf price. I unload overflowing carts and "mind" calculate totals (with discounts, coupons and taxes) and am accurate at least 98% of the time.
AQUINNAH POLOZOLA 4 years ago
I can repeat a song or melody correctly after only hearing it a few times
Magda Kočičková 4 years ago
I can mirror write in left hand. Also I can smell short curcuit in proximity
Lavender Wolfie (づ ◕‿◕ )づ 4 years ago
I can: Whistle with my throat. I can also fake cry really well, talk for hours on end, but am mostly a quiet gal, and can name a ton of random facts. Did you know that black apples exist?
Lavender Wolfie (づ ◕‿◕ )づ 4 years ago
Also, I can lift my bangs with my eyebrows. When I had them. RIP my bangs, when I was three to when I was 8.
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Luna Lovegood 4 years ago
I've never been sure if this is actually weird or not, but I can pop my ears on command. Like I can just pop them. Whenever I want. I'm doing it right now. It's not hard and it doesn't hurt, I just can??? People never quite understand what I'm talking about whenever I bring it up though so I've never been sure.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
I used to be good at reading roman numerals at the end of movies/tv shows. Out of practice though
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
I have misophonia. I can vibrate my eyes, and suck in my chest on command (you know that space right below your neck? I can... push it in... on command :) )
Evelyn Ann 2 years ago
Not me but dad's girlfriend had hair that would stay as she put it. Could make horns, ringlets, anything with just a second and her hand. She can also gleek. I was very impressed when i was 13 and met her!
Hunter Scott 3 years ago
1. I can turn a chewed gumball into a perfect sphere in my mouth. I just roll it around on my teeth for a bit. 2. I can bend my legs about 190 degrees going backwards and past my hips 3. I can do almost perfect impressions of characters 4. I can scream, and it sounds like a perfect whistle. It's loud, and it makes people's ears ring. I find it fun, although I'm starting to lose the ability
sweet chili saus 3 years ago
I can put my leg behind my neck at random times even standing So when I’m chilling with friends I just randomly put leg behind my neck it freaks them out
Margie Ainsworth 3 years ago
I am not ticklish. When I was younger I would pretend to laugh so people wouldn't think I was weird.
RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
i can count my steps while talking and listening to someone talk. I used to not be able to stop and it bugged me so muccccch now sometimes i cant stop.
Tamera Gardner 4 years ago
It’s quite embarrassing but I begin to mimic a person’s accent after a few minutes of conversation. I can also maintain eye contact and respond correctly as you speak but be thinking of and figuring out something completely unrelated. I can read aloud and do this as well. I taught myself these time-saving skills but now I realize what a problem it really is.
Mild Anxiety! At The Disco 4 years ago
I can remember the eye color of anybody I know off the top of my head. It’s especially weird because I have facial recognition issues, but if you asked me the exact eye color of anybody I know, I would be able to tell you without looking.
A Random Panda 4 years ago
Remember free popcorn guy? Don't forget scrounging through the trash for some popcorn!
Jace 4 years ago
This article already existed. Also: I can cause body chills at will. On myself, not other people. Just by thought. You can see it happen as the hairs stand up on my arms.
Ryyde Cade 4 years ago
I have told women they that they were pregnant at least 2months before they knew. I have been right 3 out of 3 times now
Mimi777 4 years ago
I can tie a cherry stem in a knot. Make a clover shape with my tongue. Wiggle my ears. Alternate raising my eyebrows. That’s about it. And I remember soo much random stuff. Even small details about people. Also I’ve never gotten poison ivy I may be immune as well like the other person in the comments is.
Julie Hanford 4 years ago
I can recognize every sound of a house after about 2 months of living there
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
I can move my eyebrows independently from each other and wiggle my ears. All at the same time, too, but it looks pretty weird!
tangy chip 4 years ago
i can vibrate my eyes, barf and/or cry on command, and have a severe fear of airplanes. yay!
Avery S Alberico 4 years ago
I can touch my nose, chin, and can fold my tongue in the hotdog, clover and I have been stretching my tongue since I was 6, daily exercises get my tongue even longer and more flexible. Also, I can Hear lights, even if they aren't on...I used to get no sleep before I was used to it.
BG 4 years ago
I can comment on BP posts even though I have nothing interesting or beneficial to add to the conversation.
Ruth Mayfly 4 years ago
Same! There's a muscle which tenses and then spasms for hiccups, when you know which one it is you conciously relax it. I've always heard that it's impossible to conciously stop hiccups.
Load More Replies... Tye Dye Llama 4 years ago
I can run back into the kitchen right before the microwave goes off. No counting down in my head. Never missed it.
*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 4 years ago
CFVGB I DIDN'T KNOW OTHER PEOPLE COULD DO THIS !! I can be sitting there for what feels like 10 minutes and my body just says "k i t c h e n" and I just start walking there, and without fail, I get there right before the timer goes off
Load More Replies... Felix Feline 4 years ago
I can read small print documents that are upside down to me, like on someone's desk.
Melanie Firsten 4 years ago
Good to use in the principals office when they have a document saying what you've done... XD
Load More Replies... kira griffin 4 years ago
In volleyball, I could take one look at the server and immediately know where the serve would land. not much of a talent though
Shelby P 4 years ago
I can fee other people's emotions. I'm not really alone in this. It's called hypersensitivity. But only about 20% of the population is like this. It can be useful (for some) but I find it completely invasive. But once I was driving in my warm car with the heat flowing in winter and I looked over at someone running outside (it was a cold day) and the words "I'm cold" came out of my mouth. I had no reason to say that. I realized it must have been what the runner was feeling. I've learned to suppress this.
pear blossom 4 years ago
I'm weirdly good at remembering things. Songs, dates, books, hell, even dreams from over a decade ago. I can't rewatch or reread things because I know everything that's going to happen. I can tell you the exact date I got all of my plants, when my last haircut was, and when I got my favorite pair of shoes.
Lorelai Purvis 3 years ago
you may have some form of hyperthymesia. that's where you can remember basically everything that ever happened to you in your whole life. it's quite rare with only about 60 people with the condition
Load More Replies... Charlie Hyduk 4 years ago
I can tell a bad person from everyone else. There was a girl in my kindergarten class who I had a bad feeling about, ended up knocking a kid out.
Neil Srivatsa 4 years ago
Everyone in my family has a different eye color. Mine is caramel. Everyone in my family has some weird talent to with their face. Mine is I can vibrate my ears and forehead, so that it looks like I am possessed. It freaks my friends out. Then I recently found out I can weirdly vibrate my eyelid, I do it on instinct, it just makes me look more possessed.
Alonso Victoria 4 years ago (edited)
I can catch plushes every time i use a claw machine!!! I don't know how i do, but always work.
Bron 4 years ago
I can sneeze in a way you can’t tell I sneezed. Developed it because my pelvic floor was too weak. My daughter can tube her tongue five ways (normal, sideways to the left, sideways to the right, a double tube and a triple tube)
A Random Panda 4 years ago
I can turn mine upside down. Like to do it when I'm thinking. My mom can too.
Load More Replies... Magda Kočičková 4 years ago
I've always wanted to be able to do it For some reason..failed..
Load More Replies... Laurel Eddy 4 years ago
I can swallow air and burp. I can prep a really long burp with multiple swallows. Was more fun as a kid. Adults are less impressed.
Gab 4 years ago
I can mimic accents without thinking about it, but once I try to do one I flounder.
Wolfowl 4 years ago
I can put my hands on my chest, palms sticking out, and move my arms together in front of me.
Ione Alva-wies 1 year ago (edited)
I can cry and/or shake on command, I can also touch every part of my back, my arms are normal lengths also I can do burrito and clover tongue
Tigersquid Kittydoggy 4 years ago
I can, given a few seconds, cry on command (or at least make my eyes water) I can also laugh at anything that’s not funny at all (not on command, totally random)
Metaniel 4 years ago
I can write upside down, left to right, right to left, both hands. Same with reading. Da Vinci's texts are easy for me to read and understand. Also struggle a lot with letters "N"and "Z" lol
Kiss Army 4 years ago
I can tell you within $3 how much the total will be at any store with any amount of items, even when my husband and son sneak things in the cart and I don't see the shelf price. I unload overflowing carts and "mind" calculate totals (with discounts, coupons and taxes) and am accurate at least 98% of the time.
AQUINNAH POLOZOLA 4 years ago
I can repeat a song or melody correctly after only hearing it a few times
Magda Kočičková 4 years ago
I can mirror write in left hand. Also I can smell short curcuit in proximity
Lavender Wolfie (づ ◕‿◕ )づ 4 years ago
I can: Whistle with my throat. I can also fake cry really well, talk for hours on end, but am mostly a quiet gal, and can name a ton of random facts. Did you know that black apples exist?
Lavender Wolfie (づ ◕‿◕ )づ 4 years ago
Also, I can lift my bangs with my eyebrows. When I had them. RIP my bangs, when I was three to when I was 8.
Load More Replies... Luna Lovegood 4 years ago
I've never been sure if this is actually weird or not, but I can pop my ears on command. Like I can just pop them. Whenever I want. I'm doing it right now. It's not hard and it doesn't hurt, I just can??? People never quite understand what I'm talking about whenever I bring it up though so I've never been sure.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 1 year ago
I used to be good at reading roman numerals at the end of movies/tv shows. Out of practice though
Sardonyx_3 2 years ago
I have misophonia. I can vibrate my eyes, and suck in my chest on command (you know that space right below your neck? I can... push it in... on command :) )
Evelyn Ann 2 years ago
Not me but dad's girlfriend had hair that would stay as she put it. Could make horns, ringlets, anything with just a second and her hand. She can also gleek. I was very impressed when i was 13 and met her!
Hunter Scott 3 years ago
1. I can turn a chewed gumball into a perfect sphere in my mouth. I just roll it around on my teeth for a bit. 2. I can bend my legs about 190 degrees going backwards and past my hips 3. I can do almost perfect impressions of characters 4. I can scream, and it sounds like a perfect whistle. It's loud, and it makes people's ears ring. I find it fun, although I'm starting to lose the ability
sweet chili saus 3 years ago
I can put my leg behind my neck at random times even standing So when I’m chilling with friends I just randomly put leg behind my neck it freaks them out
Margie Ainsworth 3 years ago
I am not ticklish. When I was younger I would pretend to laugh so people wouldn't think I was weird.
RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
i can count my steps while talking and listening to someone talk. I used to not be able to stop and it bugged me so muccccch now sometimes i cant stop.
Tamera Gardner 4 years ago
It’s quite embarrassing but I begin to mimic a person’s accent after a few minutes of conversation. I can also maintain eye contact and respond correctly as you speak but be thinking of and figuring out something completely unrelated. I can read aloud and do this as well. I taught myself these time-saving skills but now I realize what a problem it really is.
Mild Anxiety! At The Disco 4 years ago
I can remember the eye color of anybody I know off the top of my head. It’s especially weird because I have facial recognition issues, but if you asked me the exact eye color of anybody I know, I would be able to tell you without looking.
A Random Panda 4 years ago
Remember free popcorn guy? Don't forget scrounging through the trash for some popcorn!
Jace 4 years ago
This article already existed. Also: I can cause body chills at will. On myself, not other people. Just by thought. You can see it happen as the hairs stand up on my arms.
Ryyde Cade 4 years ago
I have told women they that they were pregnant at least 2months before they knew. I have been right 3 out of 3 times now
Mimi777 4 years ago
I can tie a cherry stem in a knot. Make a clover shape with my tongue. Wiggle my ears. Alternate raising my eyebrows. That’s about it. And I remember soo much random stuff. Even small details about people. Also I’ve never gotten poison ivy I may be immune as well like the other person in the comments is.
Julie Hanford 4 years ago
I can recognize every sound of a house after about 2 months of living there
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
I can move my eyebrows independently from each other and wiggle my ears. All at the same time, too, but it looks pretty weird!
tangy chip 4 years ago
i can vibrate my eyes, barf and/or cry on command, and have a severe fear of airplanes. yay!
Avery S Alberico 4 years ago
I can touch my nose, chin, and can fold my tongue in the hotdog, clover and I have been stretching my tongue since I was 6, daily exercises get my tongue even longer and more flexible. Also, I can Hear lights, even if they aren't on...I used to get no sleep before I was used to it.
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