SPECIAL TEXT UPDATE:  removing the white spaces on either side of the special characters ( *-/!@$~ ), the new texts are as follows 
 
 * bold * 
 The asterisk produces bold text. 
 Asterisks are not needed around words with a colon:  
 
 - strike through - 
 the hyphens cross out a text. 
 
 / opaque/italic / 
 the slashes lean your text . 
 
 @ is still a handle 
 $ is still the grift site, ie:  $cashapp 
  ~The tilde is a search  
 
 ! is for mapping ! 
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