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EVERY 7?0
YEARS,
CHEATING THE
APPEARANCE
OF A 'UUMPING"
MOTION...

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RECENTLY
PISCOVEREP
THAT THE
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ITSELF HAS
SEVERAL
SATELLITES
REVOLVING
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THEPEAFTEP, VIOLENT
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ACPOS5 THE SURFACE
OF THE SATELLITE,
AMP ThiE MELTEP
WATER FROM TUB
NORTH POLE WJRIEP
£VBR</THINS BENEATH
A FLOW OF MUP>...

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TIME-MI&RATlNS
BIRP, EQUiPPEP
WITH THE
ABIUTV TO
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CROSS BOTH IF THEY COULP LEAP
MILES AKP ACROSS THE TIME Op
YEARS T PISASTER' TO A
peeiap with a
MORE HOSPITABLE
ENVIRONMENT. .

. . . UNFORTUNATELY,
NO ONE HAS YET
WITNEZSEP THEIR
REAPPEARANCE...
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