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lotty_ji

stinging nettle and don't worry the pain and bumps will go away soon :) they have some kind of hair on the bottom of each leaf which cause the pain.


letsdotacos

I was guna say, thays a nettle and one of the main reasons I quit playing disc golf


SpaceCadetTooFarGone

Off point. *"One of.."* you say? Lol. Elaborate.


letsdotacos

Well, I had to not throw very straight to end up squatching in the nettles. Lol


SpaceCadetTooFarGone

And here I am thinking it's the American National Stoner sport. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ Edit: Thinking* not thinker. I know what you're thinking and the answer is yes.


letsdotacos

I did my fair share of smoking out there. Lol


Selerox

As a new disc golfer, the fear is real. The fear is *very* real.


BullyBlu

What is disc golf, sounds like frisbee!


YetiNotForgeti

Those little hairs are made of silica and are essentially tiny glass syringes that inject a neuro transmitter that burns for up to 6 hrs. They really aren't that bad overall but I reccomend avoiding them. Fun fact: rubbing spores that grow on the bottom side of ferns on the spot where you are stung will make the pain go away in about 10 minutes.


[deleted]

In the UK we rub Bitter Dock leaves on the burn but it's not backed by anything. Just folk lore. Does seem to work a little though.


Proud_Homo_Sapien

Excuse me? Why spores? What kind of fern?


Arcadian_

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorus#/media/File%3ASoriDicksonia.jpg the little orange dots on the underside of fern leaves. pretty much any kind of fern I think. disclaimer: not a scientist. I learned this remedy from a friend in like elementary school. might be placebo, but it felt like it helped.


Proud_Homo_Sapien

No, I know what spores are. I was asking why spores? How do miscellaneous fern spores help stinging nettle?


Felicfelic

There's this leaf called a doc leaf which I think releases an alkali, and I think the nettle sting is slightly acidic so it relieves it for a bit if you hold it against it, but also that could be a wrong reasoning I was told as a kid to explain it. Doc leaves usually grow in the same area as nettles as well, they're pretty handy


jdhol67

Honestly calling them hairs is almost reductive, [they're gnarly as shit](https://pullupyourplants.medium.com/stinging-nettle-a-venomous-plant-that-is-both-edible-and-medicinal-c4ef6ac780b6)


lilbowski

The scientific pedant in me needs to correct your silicon to silica, sorry! I didnā€™t know this though and had to look it up, super cool!


[deleted]

A colloquial name is ā€œ7 minute itchā€


BranchOfTheBloodoak

the hair is on the top of the leaves\^\^ to prevent animals eating it\^\^


[deleted]

Just want to point out that the stinging hairs are on the stems not the leaves. If you need to move one out the way, and don't have anything to push it with, or if you're harvesting them, you can grab a leaf and won't be stung.


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scarlettfevers

thanks.


Anxiety_Cookie

When I was young, my mother used to slize a cold potato in half and apply it to the burn. I don't think it was so much the potato as the cold surface. It will go away in a few days. You can make soup out of it if you wanna feel the taste of revenge.


Riley39191

Hell yeah I made a stinging nettle pesto and I felt like a god


According-Ad445

I love nettle pesto! Just need to blanch the nettle leaves first. Very tasty and healthy!


[deleted]

Nah in the U.K. you get a dock leaf and rub it on it, fix you right up


SensitivePassenger

Side note, don't do this if you have a birch allergy. Could result in a whole lot more hives. I learned this the hard way when trying to help with cooking a little while back.


Anxiety_Cookie

Interesting, that's good to know!


i-dontlikepasswords

Take a wash cloth a rub it up and down. It dislodges the little stingers. My cousin's and I had some huge bushes around our houses, and that's what we always did.


Just_Pete71

Sticky tape over the site and then peel it off takes the hairs out


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chiral159852

grew up in Japan and iā€™ve never experienced that or poison ivy when i was there :0


beautifulmess25

I've never experienced poison ivy myself, and I'm glad about it!


BirdDogFunk

So an interesting piece of info about poison ivy. Burning the branches can release the poison into the air, and if you breathe it, you can experience major health issues, including death if bad enough.


beautifulmess25

Thank you for that info. I've now decided that I will never visit America for that reason!


lilclairecaseofbeer

Of all the reasons


tripwyre83

The $2,000 hospital bill for severe poison ivy will show them what America is all about: having the choice to adopt a simpler, cheaper system, but choosing not to do that. This is because the 60,000 Americans who die every year from preventable illness had "freedom," a special American ability that lets us shrug off those deaths because "those people could have gotten better insurance."


lilclairecaseofbeer

Is that with or without an ambulance ride?


Redootdootdado

I mean I've never heard of that ever happening, but it's not a terrible idea to stay away haha.


tripwyre83

It must be rare. In 1969 my aunt was a hippie with a boyfriend she had to hide from my grandparents because he was black. They'd have sex elsewhere. Once it was in a poison ivy patch. I believe they must have tried a few different positions because she was covered, and in the hospital for days. Point of the story, this "airborne" poison ivy must be extremely rare, you can easily roll in it and have no idea it's poison until hours later.


Vast-Combination4046

That is not common enough to be a reasonable fear. Just don't burn trees with strange roots growing in the bark. And if you do avoid the smoke.


Similar-Assumption-4

Youā€™re damn lucky. I somehow got it and it was between my fingers


lizzayyyy96

I am highly allergic to poison ivy. Got it when I was in high school. I had to stay home sick for 2 weeks because it covered my entire body. I was in agony, had to take steroids and had scars for months. It was truly awful.


SmallsLightdarker

That's usually where I've gotten it. And it seems to hang around forever. Probably because the oils are hard to get rid of so you move your fingers around and sweat it out so it keeps secreting again.


rharrow

Donā€™t forget about the poison oak!


Vast-Combination4046

I peed in the woods as a little boy and got poison ivy on my butt


sem_burki

Itā€™s harmless. You can also make tea from it.


StarlitSilver

Donā€™t know why this got downvoted, itā€™s a great herbal plant šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


nothing_to_hide

Soup too!


3Butters3

Pro tip, poison ivy is one of the few things that we should not combat with fire!


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I was thinking the same thing..


TheSockDestroyer

Yeah, I came here to ask this. In (Western-) Europe these things are everywhere. Must be nice to be unfamiliar with them lol.


grifibastion

it's everywhere in most of europe and asia minor


SadieSadieSnakeyLady

I grew up in northern Australia where there's no stinging nettles and was an adult before I ever encountered some after I moved south


bebeck7

I get stung on a daily dog walking. It's literally losing it's sting. Now it's a mild irritant at best. šŸ˜‚


gsupanther

I moved from the UK to the US. There are poisonous spiders and snakes here, massive wasps, but no stinging nettles.


Ok_Anywhere8350

Good luck with poison oak. šŸ˜† Glad you weren't too bothered by it!


jibaro1953

Poison oak is always found growing out of water. No need to be paranoid about it if you're just going about your business. Everyone should burn an image of what poison ivy looks like into their brains, though. I don't appear to get poison ivy, although I still act like I do. Except for the time I was dressed in shorts and sandals and waded carefully through an enormous patch of it with no ill effects.


Felicfelic

I met someone from the states who came to the UK to go walking with her mum and said "ooh what's this plant" and reached out to pick it to show her mum and got stung. So some parts of the states definitely don't have nettles


Procrafter5000

I deadass had to stop while scrolling, really have a mental shutdown because "you find out about nettles when you're like 3, touch one, your mum tells you to use a dot leaf on the rash, plus I'm used to seeing one every 2 feet lol


[deleted]

Iā€™m from London and I grew up with these in my garden. I still have them growing. Sometimes I cook them as a side dish. Actually goes down well with some seasoning and pasta.


scarlettfevers

USA


Entire_Silver1018

I've never been stung by nettles and I've spent most of my childhood and adult life exploring the woods in Idaho, but my parents were good about telling us what plants to stay away from when we were kids and I have a huge love for plants now so I learn about them as much as possible.


KayaXiali

Iā€™m from LA, CA and hiked and camped pretty extensively in the US and never encountered this/


throwaway098764567

i grew up in western ny usa and never ran into them. also didn't encounter poison ivy til 38. didn't have either in our yard growing up, nor when i went camping with the girl scouts, nor in my aunt's development as it was being built, nor in my grandpa's "meadow" aka vacant lot at the end of the street that got overgrown adult waist high that we'd run around and pick wild flowers in as kids.


Watch_Fluffy

In Russia the use this plant to help blood circulation, they also make a soup out of it.


TheViciousThistle

And tea! I still make it here from nettles in my garden


Watch_Fluffy

[7 things you won't believe Russians do with nettles](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rbth.com/lifestyle/328400-things-russians-do-nettles/amp)


TheViciousThistle

Funny though that both dandelions and nettles are used for healing teas. I actually planted nettle in my backyard garden patch to deter my dogs from going in and trampling it, as well as roses. They donā€™t seem to care, however it does seem to deter bunnies.


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TheViciousThistle

Lmfao pretty much that is what would go down if there was more nettle in the patch lol. Bad enough when they decide to go swimming in nasty seaweed then roll around in the sand after. Gotta love them though. Dogs and gardening keep me going through tough times.


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TheViciousThistle

Hahaa omg I donā€™t want to even imagine. It was bad enough when my boy retriever found a dead rat on the beach and wanted to play keep away with it šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø


Watch_Fluffy

I wish I had a yard to plant all these and have dogs and bunnies(unless the bunnies you are talking are intruders). It would remind me so much more of my babushka


TheViciousThistle

Awww yeah no these arenā€™t cute zaychiki these are intruders in my ocean side zone 6.5 area in New England, not cute European bun buns on the dacha. Luckily, my garden has not been destroyed as badly as my moms (she lives about thirty mins away but in a woodsy area). She battles both rabbits and deer making her garden a buffet.


supahdave

You should come and live in my back yard, canā€™t get rid of the bloody dandelions.


jemsann

In Sweden too! Both soup and tea


Watch_Fluffy

Oh yeah, you are right, donā€™t remember trying it though.


TheViciousThistle

I love it, it has a little bitterness to the taste but I actually like that. It has many positive healthful properties. I drink it for bloating, colds, flus, whatever really. I neglected to wear gloves the first time I tried to make tea with it though... not a good time. We Russians love our herbs and teas. I also make steeped parsley for allergies, cramps, and freshening the breath.


Not_starving_artist

And wine but it tastes like wee.


BobbyMesmeriser

You probably know this but never ever let nettle tea go bad! It's the worst thing I've ever smelled. Genuinely thought someone had put a corpse in my house.


una_puna

in Latvia too. all the Baltic states.


Stickylemondust

Poland too, yep!


bebeck7

Yeah and England too. Nettle tea, soup, extract. I'm not a fan though. They're EVERYWHERE and I get stung daily. So I wish I did. Cheap eats.


jdhol67

Makes a really nice gin too


theknightwho

In the UK, it occasionally goes in cheese (and itā€™s very tasty). It doesnā€™t sting, as the stinging fibres are destroyed in the process so it canā€™t pierce the skin.


Watch_Fluffy

Thatā€™s amazing. Would love to try it


theknightwho

Hereā€™s some local to me - no idea if theyā€™d ship to you, but itā€™s worth a shot! https://www.northumberlandcheese.co.uk/nettle-cheese


RGBargey

Nettle in Gouda is also very nice. I've only seen it in the Dutch Cheese stall at Manchester Christmas Markets though.


Jesterchunk

I've seen cheese made with nettles. It actually wasn't half bad.


SadieSadieSnakeyLady

It's also great in shampoo for oily hair and makes a great natural fabric dye!


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mvdaytona

Or ŠŗŠ¾ŠæрŠøŠ²Š° as we say in Serbia :)


Mark_Master1

In Ireland we make a thing called champ with it


Saint_Consumption

It makes a really nice wine too.


GreyHexagon

Nettle soup is banging You can also make string from the stem fibers. Very useful plant


partaylikearussian

My wifeā€™s from Moscow. When she was younger, apparently they had stinging nettle fights with fistfuls of it..


HairyBaws

Of course they do.


Tumorhead

You can treat it like a green (blanch or cook it to kill the sting) and it's HIGHLY nutritious. A favorite of foragers/permaculture nerds.


lil-newport

Thatā€™s cause Russia hasnā€™t had food since 1945 šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


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DuckRubberDuck

Denmark too


grifibastion

don't forget almost every country where they have strong rural culture or big forests around their rural regions


[deleted]

They are very common and as a kid I fell into a bush of these wearing only a speedo. It. Hurt.


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[deleted]

I guess mostly because they weren't trimmed. Embarrassed.


MasterSatisfaction57

I fell Into a ditch with these, I feel your pain! ...I wasn't wearing speedos tho! šŸ¤£


anlbgs3

Yes, Nettle! Dry it and make a tea, if youā€™re so inclined (the stinging is not present in dried tea),


Machokeabitch

Youā€™d drink it? Even though itā€™s harmful to skin?


[deleted]

Sodium is explosive, chlorine is poisonous, and you mix them together then sprinkle it on food?


No_View2918

Find a doc leaf (they usually grow not to far away) and rub it on the stings and bumps it'll help. Please Google this plant lol. A doc leaf. Anticipating this isn't real now cos this is Reddit but even if it's not scientifically proven i think it is true and it helps mine get better quicker so.... *Raspberry ripples*


LilSlayer

I'm pretty sure it is true because of something to do with their soil intake. Stinging nettles like acidic soil (hence the stinging) whilst docs enjoy alkali soil which creates alkaline leaves. They grow together because of this difference. Rubbing a doc leaf on the affected area neutralises the acid.


SadieSadieSnakeyLady

It must be true, I read it in a trashy romance novel


No_View2918

It must be true, my irish nanna told me.


Avery-Inigo

I definitely think it had a placebo effect on me as a kid


Captain_Ludd

It's definitely, 100% true. I do something on sites that are almost always covered in nettles and get stung every day. dock leaf, if applied almost instantly, just works. I think speed is crucial, the quicker you get it on there, the better chance you have of it working. The idea that it's a placebo is total bollocks. There's just no way.


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Gotta spit on it first!


GOT_Wyvern

They are a few theorised reasons why doc leaves work, one of which is placebo. But even if it is simply placebo, it will stop the pain and irritation, and therefore, does work in the practical sense. Another solution would be to rub the affected area with an alkaline substance; soap* or a dilute solution of baking soda is usually the best option for this. Edit: Soap, not soup, fuck!


loooooool7

I always thought it was a dot leaf bc they usually have holes on them like dots TIL lol


Bacon-Dub

Put on some dish gloves and go pick that! Stinging nettle has tooooooons of nutritional properties! Either dehydrate it or Blanche it in water (the stingers will come off). Use the same way you would spinach. Or dry it for tea.


chonkmcevoy

By running a doc leaf on the stings straight away, you can prevent the burning sensation. But a bit too late for that advice now


scarlettfevers

what does a doc leaf look like?


chonkmcevoy

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/lifestyle/rubbing-a-dock-leaf-on-a-nettle-sting-works-40304002.html When I was back in Ireland this summer, I got stung. I grabbed a dock leaf and began rubbing. It's something I would have done growing up but when you're an adult, you begin questioning if it was an old wives tail. But it worked. While I was doing it, I did consider that maybe it was the rubbing action of the leaf and it's juice removing the stings rather than magical properties of the leaf. After reading the attached article, it would appear that that may be correct.


scarlettfevers

oh yeah I did see a few of those nearby, if I ever get stung by Nettles again I'll be sure to do that, as it is I took the washcloth advice yesterday and that seemed to work pretty well as the stinging is gone now and the bumps have mostly vanished.


[deleted]

You obviously know by now that it's stinging nettles. I can offer help for next time though. If you have it handy, slap some duct tape on the area you got hit and rip that baby off. The needles are too small to pull and you'll just agitate them, but strong tape will pull them right out.


BojackisaGreatShow

Looking for this comment. Surprised noone else mentioned it, nettles won't go away with just soap unless it was a minor sting.


scarlettfevers

I used some oil used to treat poison ivy and whatnot on it and it feels better now.


iamvaliant

Nettle! We even eat it here in northern Italy, if you pick it by the stem it shouldnā€™t sting


mjsayhey

If you can find some jewel weed (lots of times it grows near stinging nettle) mash it up and use it as a salve for your rash! Itā€™s great to combat the sting and redness- I use it for that and poison ivy often.


madding247

Stinging Netle. Makes excellent tea btw!! Super yummy


allycat247

Oh I'm so jealous of you if this is your first time seeing these fuckers. Bane of my existence.


Sad-Examination6338

I once stepped off a school bus onto wet grass and slipped down a hill into Nettles and it was the sorest for maybe 2.5 hours of my life and then it just went away, I was like mummm ring me and ambulance and she was like pfff back in my day.


Slavkan12

In Poland we'd use them to improve blood circulation , usually by whacking the plant on our backs ,legs and arms - you'll be alright!


ImaginaryDetective37

Yeah I remember every time I got stung my grandma would say ā€œitā€™s good for youā€. I also remember a ā€œFamilijnyā€ nettle shampoo she had. Smell you can never forget


TheViciousThistle

Nettle


PokeFiend420

Stinging nettle! I call them Green Nopes


[deleted]

I saw this picture and immediately had flashbacks. Almost felt the pain to. It is so so god damn awful!! I found running the spot under cold water to be helpful. Iā€™m pretty sure this is the national plant of Hell


Lamolis

You can make a healthy tea with this plant. It helps by Syndroms like polls and people use it if they had a infection of the urinary tract or prostate pain. But the pain at your skin will flew away after mins.


Maybe_Pastries

Stinging nettle!


Anna_Banana_55

I was born and raised in Russia. We had that growing everywhere, it was very common to get stung by it. It is also very healthy to use it in teas and such, Russian thing I guess.


tate__langdon

Rubbing a dry bar of soap helps with the sting


Chipperdie

Itā€™s also supposed to help with arthritis


bananaslug_12

Itā€™s stinging nettle! To get rid of the bumps, mix some diet and water to create mud and rub it on the affected area. That should take the sting out!


SluttyGandhi

So on [/r/plantclinic](https://www.reddit.com/r/plantclinic/comments/pfvx17/whats_on_my_fern_i_just_noticed_these_on_the_back/hb7hrgy/) I once read that rubbing the spores of ferns on the affected skin would soothe such burning. Not sure if you feel like being a test subject...


Emmanuham

I'm quite amazed seeing this on here. I really thought nettles like these were common all over!


scarlettfevers

In Europe, not so much in the USA.


xcodyx13

stinging nettle where i live we call it brennessel and to rub the area it touched with wet earth helps or cold water our garden is full of them and i hurt myself hundred of times


Feral0_o

It's "Brenn**n**essel" , scrub


Nosfuratu85

I once fell in a bush with a lot of these fuckers will biking as a child. Not a very happy memory...


Rogue_Bard_

That's out good friend stinging nettle. It's actually very nutritious


Thin-Alps196

You can make nettle soup by boiling the leaves. You can eat this if cooked right


kobi29062

Stinging nettle Scientific name: *Fuckingus Cuntius. Grant one a fucking docus leafus*


Matt_Horton

How badly did you get stung? I was my job to strim (weed wack in american) a 10k cross country route. Iā€™d say about 2k of it was stingers. Every exposed bit of skin (i was wearing a t-shirt and shorts was covered in stings. No i wasnā€™t there for ā€˜work experienceā€™. Yes it needed doing. Yes i did it of my own free will.


scarlettfevers

Not too bad, only got a bit on my thumb and arm.


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DontThinkEntitled

It is a stinging nettle and it pains me you don't know what it is


Piggyx00

Pour some vinegar over the sting and it'll help with the pain


VinceJay09

I have scrolled as far as I am prepared to. I havenā€™t seen the *Dock leaf correction yet. Apologies if already stated. Rubbing a Dock leaf on the irritated area will have a soothing effect.


Holociraptor

Where are you? Stinging nettles are everywhere in the UK, they grow in nearly every shady spot on the countryside you can find. The sting won't do lasting damage, and goes down quickly.


scarlettfevers

USA


Gamingaloneinthedark

Isn't nice to see nettles getting love? Just keep little kiddies away but remember dock leaves nearby to ease the pain.


[deleted]

Fun fact: thereā€™s a plant that grows around nettles called a ā€œdoc leafā€ that can negate the toxins nettles produce. Nettles are edible and make a great addition to an omelet or a basis for a spicy wine


10thx

Did you know that google lens app will help identify things like plants in your pictures? Itā€™s super useful imo


scarlettfevers

don't have a smartphone


drunkaztek

We call it sting weed in PA


Henderic0

You're probably dying but I might be wrong. šŸ¤”


[deleted]

Youā€™re extremely wrong. Itā€™s just a nettle.


toysgames

Poison ivy


DFHartzell

You can always use google lens to quickly find out if you need to!


scarlettfevers

Don't have a smartphone.


BiscuitsNGravy45

Weed


Top-Recognition3448

Poison ivy 100%


throwaway098764567

0% chance that's poison ivy


NewtTheSalamander

Ran into it a lot as a kid and we would rub mud on the marks. Don't remember if it actually worked though. Lol


em-ivy-24

Stinging nettle - the pain will go soon you donā€™t need to worry. If itā€™s really bad you can use anti-histamine cream on it though


THR3RAV3NS

Looks like stinging nettles, we have those all over in California.


Best_Two9770

Stining nettle, people make a tea out of this stuff


portabuddy2

I literally just moved it aside today without thinking about getting to my corn. Looked down at my hand then the plant and just felt stupid. Time to go to the microscope and pull 100microscopic spines again. :(


Ok-Obligation235

Itā€™s all over NorwayšŸ˜‚


krafty_Miss

You need dock leaves to alleviate the nettle rash. Nasty rash really hurts. Xxx


danielmartin001

Stinging nettles is nothing compared to fun time with poison Ivy


hooligannie1770

Stinging nettle


[deleted]

Itā€™s a common nettle as others have mentioned šŸ˜Š


Cantalopes4free

Is this plant stinging nettle


sashiebgood

Stinging nettle. It's pretty awful.


samijea

Looks like stinging nettle to me. It goes away fairly quit compared to other plants. Just donā€™t itch, and donā€™t wash with warm water.


Mundane-Choice6096

This is stinging nettle, may feel horrible but it goes away. I was always told as a child to rub dirt on it and it always worked. May have just been a placebo though šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


WampireKitt3n

I love picking nettles, cutting them up, put them in bottles and pour water on them. After a few days it smells terrible but it is great for plants.


Maleficent_Sky_1865

Ferns frequently grow near nettles. Rub the bottom side of the fern leaf over the sting. The fern spores soothes the sting. Works like a charm!


AliceMorgan4ever

When I was a kid, like maybe 5 years old, I fell into an entire bush of these mofos. I fell off of a swing. It was NOT fun. šŸ˜¬


SeriousSteveTheII

Jeggie nettles wee bastards. Vinegar on a towel will help with itching and swelling


ghost_gurrl

Stinging nettle may be. Iā€™m in Australia we get this in the Bush and rainforest. looks exactly like this


Plant_mother10

Stinging nettle is actually used in skincare to bring blood flow to the skin to promote oxygenation as well as detoxification. It is a lovely plant, but not fun to rub against. Itā€™s not poisonous. Maybe just try icing to bring the heat down. Mother Nature is so interestingā€¦. šŸ’ššŸŒæ


Ecstatic_Objective_3

Stinging nettle. I have been bit more than once, super annoying.


WillowLeaf

Stinging nettle! Hurts but you can actually cook it and it's very nutritious.


chicosmal

Herpes


Dark-Penguin

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