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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">(  ͡° ͜ ʖ ͡° )</c>
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      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">1899 deaths</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">2012 films</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">A</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">AAAHHH</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Active Spongepedia Users</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Active Users in SpongePedia</c>
      <c size="6" pages="6" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Administrator</c>
      <c size="11" pages="11" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Albums</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="Alter Ego" />
  </query-continue>
</api>