Mark Knopfler
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Mark Knopfler

British musician

Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is one of the two members who stayed throughout the band's existence, along with the bassist John Illsley. He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist.

Mark Knopfler was born on Friday, August 12, 1949.
It was the 224. day of the year 1949.

Age:
76 Years 3 Months 10 Days

Next birthday: Wednesday August 12, 2026

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Mark Knopfler has the same birthday as:
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Generation Traditionals

At 76 years, Mark Knopfler belongs to the "Generation of Traditionals". Well-known figures of this generation include Sawao Katō, Barry Diller und Morgan Freeman.

The "Traditionals" (also known as the “Traditionalists” or the “Silent Generation”) are people born roughly between 1922 and 1955. They grew up during economic hardship, war, and a culture that emphasized discipline. This generation values loyalty, responsibility, and stability. They are known for a strong work ethic and a preference for clear hierarchies and respect for authority.

Astrology

Zodiac

♌ Leo

(July 23, 1949 - August 23, 1949)

Life Number

7

(Likeable, loving, changeable)

Zodiac sign

Ox

(July 23, 1949 - August 23, 1949)

Birthstone

Peridot

(Healing, harmony, good fortune)

Age in absolute numbers

2.407.253.962 Seconds
40.120.899 Minutes
668.681 Hours
27.861 Days
3.980 Weeks
915 Months
76 Years
7.63 Decades
0.76 Centuries

On April 10, 2026 Mark Knopfler will be exactly 28000 days old.
On April 10, 2026 Mark Knopfler will be exactly 4000 weeks old.

By the way: Since you are here you are getting seconds older 😉

Milestones

With 76 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

9.287 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 9.287 hours per day. At your age of 76 years, that equals approximately 9.287 days (25,43 years).

Eat & Drink

1.161 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 76 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.161 days eating. (3,18 years).

Toilet visits

580 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 580 days (1,59 years).

Wait

967 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 967 days (2,65 years).

Laugh

116 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 116 days (0,32 years).

Brush teeth

77 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 77 days (0,21 years).

Work

7.546 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 7.546 days (20,66 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 722.176.189 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 3.009.067.454 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 601.813.491 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 417.926 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 153 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.179 A person produces approximately 0.5–1.5 liters of sweat per day, depending on lifestyle. We'll take the average at 1 liter per day.
Fart gases produced (in Liters) 27.862 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 534 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.373 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 557.234.713.657.407 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 9.194 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.184 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 33.155 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 305 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

According to statistical averages, you have walked 100.302 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,50 orbits of the Earth...


... 9,19 moon orbits.


... and 4,70 Mars orbit on foot.



100.302 kilometers means:

3.814 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
746 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
522 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
139 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,58 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
98,92 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
8,72 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,38 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,33 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Since the birth of Mark Knopfler ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 1.020 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 316,71 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 123,99 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 76,28 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 40,56 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 6,43 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,59 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,91 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,46 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,31 times.

Statistische Lebenserwartung



Die Lebenserwartung von Mark Knopfler zum Zeitpunkt der Geburt liegt bei 78.5 Jahren. Sie hat damit statistisch gesehen 97.2% ihrer Lebenswerwartung erreicht. Rechnerisch betrachtet wird sie am 12. Feb 2028 ihre Lebenserwartung erreicht haben. Das ist heute in 2 Jahren.

97.2%

Ältester Mensch der Welt

Übrigens: Du bist aktuell 46 Jahre jünger als der offiziell älteste Mensch der Welt, die Französin Jeanne Calment. Sie wurde am 21. Februar 1875 geboren und starb am 4. August 1997 mit 122 Jahren und 164 Tagen.

Mit 76 Jahren hat Mark Knopfler die Lebenserwartung von diesem Tier erreicht: Elephant.


Die Lebenserwatung ist lediglich eine statistische Größe. Sie sagt nichts darüber aus wie alt ein einzelner Mensch tatsächlich wird. Die Lebenszeit wird von vielen Faktoren beeinflusst. Datenquelle: Weltbank. Die Lebenserwartung ist von Land zu Land unterschiedlich. In Deutschland erheben sogar einzelne Bundesländer eigenen Statistiken zur Lebenserwartung.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Mark Knopfler ist der 80. Geburtstag. Er findet am Sunday, den 12.08.2029 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1959 Wednesday August 12, 1959 55
18. 1967 Saturday August 12, 1967 171
20. 1969 Tuesday August 12, 1969 210
25. 1974 Monday August 12, 1974 325
30. 1979 Sunday August 12, 1979 465
40. 1989 Saturday August 12, 1989 820
50. 1999 Thursday August 12, 1999 1275
60. 2009 Wednesday August 12, 2009 1830
70. 2019 Monday August 12, 2019 2485
80. 2029 Sunday August 12, 2029 3240
90. 2039 Friday August 12, 2039 4095
100. 2049 Thursday August 12, 2049 5050
110. 2059 Tuesday August 12, 2059 6105
120. 2069 Monday August 12, 2069 7260
130. 2079 Saturday August 12, 2079 8515
140. 2089 Friday August 12, 2089 9870
150. 2099 Wednesday August 12, 2099 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
12 • 8 • 1949
Binary:
1100 • 1000 • 11110011101
Hexadecimal:
c • 8 • 79d
Octal:
14 • 10 • 3635
Roman:
XII • VIII • MCMXLIX
Morsecode:
·−−−− ··−−− ·−·−·− −−−−− −−−·· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· ····− −−−−·
Numbers to letters:
bc • ai • bjej
Cross sum:
34
Factor product:
187104
Birthday in words:
twelve • eight • one thousand nine hundred forty nine

Historical Events

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Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), following the Chinese Civil War. (Age: 0 years and 1 months) 🔗
June 25, 1950
North Korea invades South Korea, starting the Korean War, a major conflict of the Cold War era. (Age: 0 years and 10 months) 🔗
March 29, 1951
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, limiting the U.S. President to two terms. (Age: 1 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II ascends to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI. (Age: 2 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 25, 1953
James Watson and Francis Crick publish their paper describing the double helix structure of DNA, a monumental discovery in biology. (Age: 3 years and 8 months) 🔗
June 17, 1953
The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany occurs, where protests against economic policy are suppressed by Soviet troops. (Age: 3 years and 10 months) 🔗
June 18, 1953
Egypt is declared a republic, ending the Muhammad Ali dynasty. (Age: 3 years and 10 months) 🔗
May 17, 1954
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional. (Age: 4 years and 9 months) 🔗
July 20, 1954
The Geneva Accords are signed, dividing Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel. (Age: 4 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 18, 1955
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and creator of the theory of relativity, dies at age 76. (Age: 5 years and 8 months) 🔗
May 14, 1955
The Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty, is established by the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries as a counterbalance to NATO. (Age: 5 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (Age: 6 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 23, 1956
The Hungarian Revolution begins, a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and Soviet-imposed policies. (Age: 7 years and 2 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

October 21, 1959
The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in New York City, becoming an iconic work of modern architecture. (Age: 10 years and 2 months) 🔗
February 1, 1960
The Greensboro sit-ins begin in North Carolina, marking a major turning point in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. (Age: 10 years and 5 months) 🔗
July 1, 1960
Ghana becomes a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president. (Age: 10 years and 10 months) 🔗
April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth. (Age: 11 years and 8 months) 🔗
August 13, 1961
East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin and symbolizing the Cold War. (Age: 12 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 16, 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. (Age: 13 years and 2 months) 🔗
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Age: 14 years and 0 months) 🔗
November 22, 1963
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. (Age: 14 years and 3 months) 🔗
July 2, 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (Age: 14 years and 10 months) 🔗
October 14, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Age: 15 years and 2 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival begins in Bethel, New York, becoming a defining moment for the counterculture generation. (Age: 20 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 29, 1969
The first message is sent over ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. (Age: 20 years and 2 months) 🔗
April 17, 1970
The Apollo 13 mission safely returns to Earth after an oxygen tank explosion forced the crew to abort a moon landing. (Age: 20 years and 8 months) 🔗
June 21, 1970
Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup, permanently keeping the Jules Rimet trophy after their third victory. (Age: 20 years and 10 months) 🔗
January 2, 1971
The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is passed in the US, banning cigarette advertising on television and radio. (Age: 21 years and 4 months) 🔗
August 15, 1971
U.S. President Richard Nixon ends the convertibility of the US dollar to gold, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. (Age: 22 years and 0 months) 🔗
June 17, 1972
Five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, triggering the scandal. (Age: 22 years and 10 months) 🔗
September 5, 1972
The Munich Massacre occurs at the Summer Olympics, where members of the Israeli Olympic team are taken hostage and killed by Palestinian terrorists. (Age: 23 years and 0 months) 🔗
January 27, 1973
The Paris Peace Accords are signed, formally ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. (Age: 23 years and 5 months) 🔗
October 6, 1973
The Yom Kippur War begins as Egypt and Syria launch a surprise attack on Israel. (Age: 24 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

November 4, 1979
The Iran hostage crisis begins when militant Iranian students storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take 52 Americans hostage. (Age: 30 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 24, 1979
The Soviet–Afghan War begins as Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the communist government. (Age: 30 years and 4 months) 🔗
May 18, 1980
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, a major volcanic eruption that caused widespread devastation. (Age: 30 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 31 years and 3 months) 🔗
April 12, 1981
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1), launches from Kennedy Space Center, marking a new era of reusable spacecraft. (Age: 31 years and 8 months) 🔗
June 5, 1981
The U.S. CDC reports the first cases of what would later be known as AIDS, marking the beginning of the global pandemic. (Age: 31 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 12, 1981
IBM releases the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150), popularizing personal computing for business and home use. (Age: 32 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 2, 1982
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, starting the Falklands War with the United Kingdom. (Age: 32 years and 7 months) 🔗
January 1, 1983
The ARPANET officially switches to the TCP/IP protocol, considered the "birth" of the modern Internet. (Age: 33 years and 4 months) 🔗
January 24, 1984
Apple Computer launches the Macintosh, the first commercially successful personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). (Age: 34 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

November 9, 1989
The Berlin Wall, a symbol of the Cold War, is opened, leading to the end of the division of Germany and the collapse of East Germany. (Age: 40 years and 2 months) 🔗
April 24, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. (Age: 40 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 3, 1990
German Reunification. East and West Germany are officially reunified, forming the Federal Republic of Germany. (Age: 41 years and 1 months) 🔗
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm, the air and ground offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, begins. (Age: 41 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 6, 1991
Tim Berners-Lee posts a summary of the World Wide Web project, making it publicly available. (Age: 41 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 26, 1991
The Soviet Union is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War. (Age: 42 years and 4 months) 🔗
April 6, 1992
The Bosnian War, an international armed conflict, begins in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Age: 42 years and 7 months) 🔗
September 13, 1993
The Oslo I Accord, the first direct agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is signed. (Age: 44 years and 1 months) 🔗
April 7, 1994
The Rwandan genocide, a mass slaughter of Tutsi people by Hutu majority members, begins. (Age: 44 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 27, 1994
South Africa holds its first multiracial general election, marking the end of Apartheid. Nelson Mandela is elected President. (Age: 44 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

March 10, 2000
The dot-com bubble bursts, beginning a period of economic decline for technology and internet-related stocks. (Age: 50 years and 6 months) 🔗
September 11, 2001
The September 11 attacks occur, where al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four planes, striking the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (Age: 52 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 7, 2001
The U.S. and NATO allies invade Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban. (Age: 52 years and 1 months) 🔗
December 11, 2001
The People's Republic of China officially joins the World Trade Organization (WTO), integrating its economy deeply into global trade. (Age: 52 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 1, 2002
Euro banknotes and coins are introduced in 12 Eurozone member states, completing the currency's transition. (Age: 52 years and 4 months) 🔗
February 1, 2003
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry, killing all seven crew members and halting the shuttle program for over two years. (Age: 53 years and 5 months) 🔗
March 20, 2003
The U.S. and a coalition of allies invade Iraq, marking the beginning of the Iraq War. (Age: 53 years and 7 months) 🔗
February 4, 2004
Mark Zuckerberg launches "The Facebook," initially limited to Harvard students, which later becomes the global social media giant. (Age: 54 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 26, 2004
The Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami devastates coastal regions across 14 countries, killing over 230,000 people. (Age: 55 years and 4 months) 🔗
August 29, 2005
Hurricane Katrina strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast, causing massive damage and flooding in New Orleans, leading to major government criticism. (Age: 56 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

January 12, 2010
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Haiti, causing catastrophic damage and a massive humanitarian crisis. (Age: 60 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 20, 2010
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the largest marine oil spill in history. (Age: 60 years and 8 months) 🔗
December 17, 2010
Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Tunisia, triggering the Tunisian Revolution and eventually the wider Arab Spring uprisings. (Age: 61 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 11, 2011
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake and subsequent tsunami strike Japan, causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (Age: 61 years and 6 months) 🔗
May 2, 2011
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Age: 61 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 31, 2011
The world population is estimated to have reached 7 billion people. (Age: 62 years and 2 months) 🔗
August 6, 2012
NASA's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars to explore the Gale Crater and search for signs of past microbial life. (Age: 62 years and 11 months) 🔗
February 15, 2013
A large meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,000 people and raising awareness of asteroid defense. (Age: 63 years and 6 months) 🔗
March 13, 2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected as Pope Francis, becoming the first pope from the Americas, the Southern Hemisphere, and outside Europe since the 8th century. (Age: 63 years and 7 months) 🔗
March 16, 2014
Russia annexes Crimea following a controversial referendum, leading to international sanctions and escalating geopolitical tensions. (Age: 64 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

December 31, 2019
China informs the World Health Organization of a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown cause in Wuhan, later identified as COVID-19. (Age: 70 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 11, 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic, leading to worldwide lockdowns and economic disruption. (Age: 70 years and 6 months) 🔗
May 25, 2020
George Floyd is murdered by police in Minneapolis, igniting mass global protests and strengthening the Black Lives Matter movement against racial injustice. (Age: 70 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 2, 2020
The UK becomes the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) for widespread use, beginning the global vaccination effort. (Age: 71 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 6, 2021
The U.S. Capitol is stormed by supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results. (Age: 71 years and 4 months) 🔗
February 18, 2021
NASA's Perseverance rover successfully lands on Mars, carrying the Ingenuity helicopter, the first powered flight on another planet. (Age: 71 years and 6 months) 🔗
August 15, 2021
The Taliban recaptures Kabul, leading to the collapse of the Afghan government and the end of the 20-year U.S./NATO presence. (Age: 72 years and 0 months) 🔗
February 24, 2022
Russia launches a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest conventional military attack in Europe since World War II. (Age: 72 years and 6 months) 🔗
September 8, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II dies at age 96, ending the longest reign in British history and leading to the accession of King Charles III. (Age: 73 years and 0 months) 🔗
November 30, 2022
OpenAI launches ChatGPT, bringing large language models and generative AI into the public consciousness. (Age: 73 years and 3 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Mark Knopfler

How many birthday candles did Mark Knopfler blow out so far?

» At 76 years, Mark Knopfler has already blown out 2926 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Mark Knopfler be twice as old as today?

» Mark Knopfler ist 27.861 days old today. On 05.03.2102 Mark Knopfler will be twice as old as today. Mark Knopfler will then be 152 Jahre und 6 Monate years old.

When will Mark Knopfler be half as old as today?

» On 02.10.1987 Mark Knopfler was half of age today. Back then Mark Knopfler were 38 Jahre und 1 Monate years old.

When was Mark Knopfler conceived? - Time of your conception

» That's an interesting question. Let's try it this way: A pregnancy lasts an average of 268 days. If we subtract 268 days from the day of your birth (17.11.1948), we get the 17.11.1948. However, this statement is not very meaningful, since only 3% of pregnant women actually give birth after 268 days. Most pregnant women give birth within a time window of 10 days from the actual due date. Therefore, Mark Knopfler were conceived between 07.11.1948 and 27.11.1948.

How many prime number birthdays has Mark Knopfler had so far?

» At 76 years old, Mark Knopfler has already celebrated 21 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 76 years, you've already celebrated 6 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66). To be able to celebrate 10 special number birthdays, you have to live to be 111. But you still have some time until then. You'll celebrate your 111th birthday on 12.08.2060. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Mark Knopfler at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Mark Knopfler was born exactly 18404 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Mark Knopfler was 50 years and 4 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Mark Knopfler is currently 46 years younger (44713 days) than the officially oldest person in the world, the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

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