126 Best True or False Questions (For Kids & Adults)

The world is full of interesting and unusual people, places, plants, and animals. Often, we have facts we have learned in school or gathered as we go about our daily lives. Some stay with us and become part of our general knowledge. Others are only vague memories or, as time passes, get twisted into incorrect facts. In this article on True or False Questions, you will have the opportunity to test yourself, you kids, and your friends to see how much they really know about the world we live in.

We begin with “True or False Questions for Adults,” with answers listed separately for a special challenge. Next, we have “True or False Questions for Kids,” perfect for the classroom or anywhere kids gather. Our “True or False Questions for Friends” are non-threatening and fun. We think all our readers will enjoy the “Funny True or False Questions” perfect for any age or group. We end the article with some challenging “True or False Bible Questions.” Whether you choose one list or work through them all, have fun!

True or False Questions for Adults

We have chosen true or false questions for adults that even the smartest person should find challenging. Try them yourself, then let your friends and family test themselves. Most adults will know the answer to these questions, and, if they do not, we have provided the correct answers for them. The questions and answers are listed separately to make it easy to quiz yourself and your friends.

Questions

1. A group of monkeys is called a troop.
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   True
2. The fear of water is called acrophobia.
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   False; acrophobia is the fear of heights.
3. In the periodic table, the letter J is not included.
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   True
4. The amount of matter changes during a chemical reaction.
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   False; the amount of matter remains the same.
5. Wheat is the most widely cultivated and consumed crop in the world.
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   False; corn is the primary crop and wheat is second.
6. The national game of India is cricket.
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   False; it is hockey.
7. The state of Delaware holds the record as the American state with the least number of counties.
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   True
8. The Philippines has two official languages, English and the Filipino language.
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   True
9. Hawaii receives the highest annual average rainfall in the world.
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   True
10. Human facial hair grows faster than the hair on the rest of the body.
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    True
11. If you look at a deck of cards, all the kings have a mustache.
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    False; the king of hearts has no mustache.
12. A dog has forty-two teeth, and an adult human has fifty-two teeth.
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    True
13. Every continent in the world has a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant.
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    False; there is not McDonalds on Antarctica.
14. The intestine is the largest organ in the human body.
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    False; the skin is the largest organ.
15. Mickey’s name was originally going to be Mortimer Mouse.
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    True
16. Walt Disney holds the record for having the most Academy Awards.
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    True; he won 26 Academy Awards (four were honorary).
17. Nepal is the only country in the world that does not have a rectangular flag.
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    True; the red flag of Nepal is composed of two single pendants.
18. Russia has the longest coastline in the world.
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    False; Canada has the longest coastline.
19. Spanish is the official language of Brazil.
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    False; Portuguese is the official language of Brazil.
20. More people have been killed by mosquitos than have been killed by any other species in written history.
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21. The country with the most islands is the Philippines, an archipelagic country.
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    False; Indonesia has the most.
22. When leaving a cave, bats always turn to the right.
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    False; they always turn left.
23. If you add the two numbers on opposite sides of the dice together, they all equal seven.
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    True
24. Sydney is the capital of Australia.
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    False; the capital of Australia is Canberra.
25. The first full-color animated Walt Disney feature film was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. 
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    True

True or False Questions for Kids

Our “True or False Questions for Kids” should be easy enough for children with a basic knowledge of the world in which they live. They can be used as an easy, time-filling game or for a quick test of general knowledge. We have listed the answers with the questions because you will probably read them aloud.

• The most common letter in the English alphabet is A.
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  False, the most common setter is E.
• The largest country in the world is Canada.
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  False, it is the second largest; the largest is Russia.
• Animals that eat meat are called carnivores.
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  True
• The D and C in Washington D.C. are abbreviations for District of Columbia.
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  True
• The largest mammals in the world are elephants.
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  False; the Antarctic Blue Whale is the largest.
• Elephants have a memory that lasts forever.
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  True
• The nose of an elephants helps them find mates and identify family members.
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  True
• The largest railway station in the world is Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
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  True
• There are one thousand years in a century.
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  False; there are one hundred years in a century.
• There are twelve units in a dozen.
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• Is Disney’s Finding Nemo, Nemo is a pufferfish.
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  False; Nemo is a clown fish.
• The closest planet to the Sun is Mars.
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  False; the closest planet is Mercury.
• Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system.
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  True
• The largest planet in the solar system is Saturn.
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  False; the largest planet is Jupiter.
• Sharks are classified as mammals.
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  False; sharks are fish.
• Some animals without hair can get a sunburn.
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  True; animals like elephants and pigs can get sunburn.
• A climbing plant is called a vine.
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  True
• The smallest city in the world is Vatican City.
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  True
• A hummingbird egg is the smallest egg in the world.
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  True
• The Atlantic Ocean is the largest ocean in the world.
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  False; the Pacific Ocean is the largest
• The Nile is the longest river in South America.
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  False; the longest river in South America is the Amazon River. The Nile River is in Africa.
• A molecule is the smallest unit of matter.
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  False; it is an atom.
• The study of stars is called astrology.
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  False; it is called astronomy.
• The world is divided into seven continents.
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  True
• Although he invented the light bulb, Thomas Edison was afraid of the dark.
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  True
• The largest city in the world is New York City.
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  False; the largest city is Tokyo

True or False Questions to Ask Friends

Our True or False Questions to Ask Friends are not terribly difficult. After all, you do not want to make your friends feel bad because they get them all wrong. You might want to try them first and then ask your friends to answer them.

1. Because China is so large, it has two time zones.
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   False; it only has one.
2. Because Russia is so big, it has eleven time zones.
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3. Although there have been twelve men who walked on the moon, no woman ever has.
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4. Female reindeer do not grow antlers.
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   False; yes, they do.
5. An object at rest still has inertia.
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   True
6. The Andes Mountains in South America is the longest continental mountain range in the world.
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   True
7. Elephants take 22 months to gestate their babies.
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8. Henry VIII is famous for having four wives.
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   False; he had six.
9. People in Japan drive on the left-hand side of the road.
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10. Omnivores only eat plants.
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    False; they eat both plants and animals.
11. Peanuts are nuts.
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    False; they are legumes (in the pea family).
12. A potato is actually the stem of the potato plant.
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    True
13. The river Seine passes through London.
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    False; the Thames passes through London.
14. Russia and China share the longest border in the world.
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    False; USA and Canada share the longest border.
15. Australia is called “The Land of Rising Sun.”
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    False; that name is given to Japan.
16. The femur or thighbone is the largest bone in the human body.
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    True
17. Most people lose between 50 to 100 strands of hair every day.
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    True
18. The Richter Scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquakes.
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    True
19. The North Pole is much colder than the South Pole.
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    False; the South pole is colder because it is surrounded by ocean.
20. The United Kingdom includes four countries, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
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    True
21. The fastest bird in the world is the peregrine falcon.
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    True
22. Penguins only exist at the North and South poles.
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    False; there are penguins on the southern coast of Africa.
23. There are seven players in basketball.
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    False; there are five players on a team.
24. Cats, including lions and tigers, cannot swim.
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    False; they may not like water, but they can swim.
25. Turkey is situated on two continents, Europe, and Asia.
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    True

Funny True or False Questions

Our funny true or false questions have been chosen because they are unusual or will spark a grin, if not an outright laugh. They make an excellent party game.

• A crocodile cries when it eats food.
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• We need our ears to give balance to our bodies.
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• Bats are blind, which is why we say someone is, “as blind as a bat.”
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  False; bats eyes are small, but they can see fine.
• An ostrich has an eye larger than its brain.
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  True
• There are dolphins in the Amazon River in South America.
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  True
• Snails do not have teeth.
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  False, they have 14,000 teeth.
• When you sneeze, the air you expel travels ten miles per hour.
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  False; it travels one hundred miles per hour.
• A giraffe can lick its ears with its long tongue.
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  True
• Regular soda cans float in water, but diet soda cans sink.
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  False; the opposite is true.
• Sharks cannot blink their eyes, nor can any other fish.
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  False; sharks are the only fish that can blink.
• Elephants cannot jump.
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  True
• Crocodiles stick their tongues out when they catch food.
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  False, crocodiles cannot stick their tongues out.
• When learning to use the keyboard, typing the sentence, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter of the English alphabet.”
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  True
• There was a war that only lasted 38 minutes.
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  True; the shortest war in history was the Anglo-Zanzibar War.
• Sharks have the same number of bones in their body as humans do.
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  False; sharks have no bones in their body.
• More money is printed every year for the board game Monopoly than for the U.S. Treasury.
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• Pigs like to lie in the mud and look up at the sky.
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  False; the way a pig’s neck is formed means it cannot look up at the sky.
• The only animals that clap are seals.
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  True
• A person sneezes with their eyes open.
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  False; you cannot sneeze with your eyes open.
• The heart is the strongest muscle in the human body.
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  False; the tongue is the strongest muscle
• A person cannot lick their elbow.
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  True
• Your nose and ears stop growing when you reach puberty and stay that size the rest of your life.
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  False, they keep growing your entire life.
• The unicorn is the national animal of Scotland.
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• Your nose gets a little warm when you tell a lie and might even turn red.
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• Snails never sleep.
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  False; snails can sleep for up to three years.

True or False Bible Questions

Our True or False Bible Questions cover both the Old and New Testaments. We have included a Bible verse for each answer to verify its veracity. These questions work well for reviewing Bible knowledge. Use them a church, summer camp, and devotionals.

• When God created the world, there was light before the sun was created.
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  True (Genesis 1:3)
• God created man before animals.
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  False; (Genesis 1:24, 26)
• God put cherubim and a flaming sword east of the garden after Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, to keep them from eating more from the tree.
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  False (Genesis 3:24) He wanted them to not be able to eat from the Tree of Life.
• The Hebrew midwives obeyed Pharaoh’s orders to kill all the baby boys because they were afraid of him.
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  False (Exodus 1: 19-21)
• When the Israelites grumbled in the wilderness, God gave them meat to eat in the morning and bread to eat in the evening.
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  True (Exodus 16:12)
• Aaron crafted an idol for the Israelites to worship while Moses was away.
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  True (Exodus 32:2-4)
• The only two Israelites allowed to go into the Promised Land after the wilderness wanderings were Joshua and Caleb.
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  True (Numbers 14:30)
• The Ten Commandments are found Exodus in the Bible.
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  False; they are also in Deuteronomy 5.
• Esther was an Israelite who saved her people from being murdered and became the wife of a king.
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• The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119.
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  True
• Matthew and Mark were the first apostles Jesus called to follow him?
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  False; the first apostles called to follow Jesus were Peter and Andrew. (Mark 4:18-20)
• There were twenty baskets of food left over after Jesus fed the 5,000.
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  False; there were twelve baskets. (Mark 6:35-44)
• Matthias took the place of Judas Iscariot as a disciple.
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  True (Acts 1:23-26)
• Christ’s church began on Pentecost.
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  True (Acts 2:1-4, 38-41)
• When believers gather, it is only to hear preaching.
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  False (Acts 2:42)
• Ananias and Sapphira died after lying to the Apostles about their offering.
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  True (Acts 5:1—10)
• In the Acts of the Apostles, Peter is the first Christian martyr.
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  False; it was Stephen. (Acts 7:54-60)
• While on the road to Gaza, Philip, an apostle, shared the Gospel with an Ethiopian officer.
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  True (Acts 8:26-40)
• Believers met on Saturday in the first century.
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  False (Acts 20:7)
• It is possible to be perfect like Jesus.
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  False (Romans 3:10-18)
• It is the responsibility of local churches to discipline their members.
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  True (1 Cor. 5:1-13)
• The nine fruits of the Holy Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
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  True (Galatians 5:22-23)
• Christ if the chief cornerstone of the church.
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  True (Eph. 2:20)
• New Testament churches had elders and deacons. 
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  True (1 Tim. 3:8-12; Titus 1:5)
• Most of the Old Testament given in Greek and the language of the New Testament was Hebrew.
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  False; the opposite is true.

We hope you find both enjoyment and education using our True and False Questions. You will find many uses for our list. They work well in the classroom, at parties, for both young and old and everyone in between. Ask away and have fun!

Susan Box Mann

Susan majored in English with a double minor in Humanities and Business at Arizona State University and earned a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Liberty University. She taught grades four through twelve in both public and private schools. Subjects included English, U.S. and world history and geography, math, earth and physical science, Bible, information technologies, and creative writing.

Susan has been freelance writing for over ten years, during which time she has written and edited books, newspaper articles, biographies, book reviews, guidelines, neighborhood descriptions for realtors, Power Point presentations, resumes, and numerous other projects.

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