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# Section heading
## Subsection
Formatting:  *italics*,
**bold**, super^script^,
sub~script~, ~~strikeout~~.
A line break  
can be forced with two spaces
at the end of the line.
> Indented quotation
Links:
[external](http://google.com),
[Wiki Link](),
,
[to heading](#section-heading).
Indented code block:
    #include <stdbool.h>
Or use a delimited code block:
~~~ { .haskell }
let a = 1:a in head a
~~~
- bulleted
- list
* * * * *
1.  ordered
2.  list
    a. sublist (indent 4 spaces)
    b. another
3.  item three
term
:   definition
orange
:   orange fruit
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For more: [markdown syntax](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown),
[pandoc extensions](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html).
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