Markdown reference: # Header (h1-h6), **bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~, [link](url), , `inline code`, ```code block```, > blockquote, - unordered list, 1. ordered list, --- horizontal rule, | table | syntax |, [x] checkbox. Extended: footnotes[^1], ==highlight==, task lists. Used in GitHub READMEs, documentation, blogs, Notion, Slack, and Discord.
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