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HTTP/2 200 
content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:59:19 GMT
server: nginx
expires: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:09:19 -0400
x-cache: Hit from cloudfront
via: 1.1 c7fba59f51c522169e5b1f2507f356ea.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
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age: 38

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Type	Name	Value	Class	TTL
A	howstuffworks.com	99.84.125.47	IN	60
A	howstuffworks.com	99.84.125.122	IN	60
A	howstuffworks.com	99.84.125.75	IN	60
A	howstuffworks.com	99.84.125.56	IN	60
NS	howstuffworks.com		IN	1800
NS	howstuffworks.com		IN	1800
NS	howstuffworks.com		IN	1800
NS	howstuffworks.com		IN	1800

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