Every Laptop Is Non-Ergonomic (But You Can Fix It in 3 Steps)

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All navel oranges are clones of each other since they are produced from trees made from cuttings and graftings of previous navel orange trees. The original mutated tree that serves as the primogenitor of all navel orange trees is believed to have grown outside a 17th century Brazilian monastery.

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All navel oranges are clones of each other since they are produced from trees made from cuttings and graftings of previous navel orange trees. The original mutated tree that serves as the primogenitor of all navel orange trees is believed to have grown outside a 17th century Brazilian monastery.

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