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Before I started]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@ollie7/so-just-how-did-this-chicken-get-frozen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@ollie7/so-just-how-did-this-chicken-get-frozen</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ollie7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:17:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5CEvyaWxjaEsomBDGakkJ6W4NqAkd8FNuB9pSS2iFSJJmpdQzVdwVFjPZkLktM3k6jUsFZdtvDJtZTsrN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Big 5, soon to be The Big 4.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello fellow Steemians, and welcome to my second blog! I recently watched a documentary on Netflix, a BBC series called Africa. 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