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markdown language syntax

Credit goes to [The Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)!

### Heading

# H1
## H2
### H3

### Bold

**bold text**

### Italic

*italicized text*

### Blockquote

> blockquote

### Ordered List

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item

### Unordered List

- First item
- Second item
- Third item

### Code

`code`

### Horizontal Rule

---

### Link

[Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)

### Image

![alt text](https://www.markdownguide.org/assets/images/tux.png)

## Extended Syntax

These elements extend the basic syntax by adding additional features. Not all Markdown applications support these elements.

### Table

| Syntax | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Header | Title |
| Paragraph | Text |

### Fenced Code Block

```
{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": 25
}
```

### Footnote

Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]

[^1]: This is the footnote.

### Heading ID

### My Great Heading {#custom-id}

### Definition List

term
: definition

### Strikethrough

~~The world is flat.~~

### Task List

- [x] Write the press release
- [ ] Update the website
- [ ] Contact the media
Posted by: Guest on July-01-2021
5

markdown

Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain-text-formatting syntax,
created in 2004 by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz.
Markdown is often used for formatting readme files,
for writing messages in online discussion forums, 
and to create rich text using a plain text editor.
Posted by: Guest on November-06-2020

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