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Markdown

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Markdown is a plain text markup language intended to be rendered as a web page. Variants and extensions exist.

The Markdown markup at a glance: 

# Heading
## Heading
### Heading
...
###### Heading

Alternative heading markup
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Alternative heading markup
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Paragraph text spanning two lines, featuring
_italics_, __boldface__, `code`, and a [hyperlink](http://en.wikibooks.org/). Also possible are *italics* and **boldface**, and as an extension, ~~strikethrough~~.

Bulleted list:
* item 1
* item 2
    * sub-item 1
    * sub-item 2
    * sub-item 3
* item 3

Numbered list:
1. item 1
2. item 2
    1. sub-item a
    2. sub-item b
    3. sub-item c
3. item 3

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The above is a horizontal rule. Let me quote:
> This is formatted
> as a block quote.
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