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Proof: Interactive / A city changes. Plastic remains

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T19:01:39Z","headline":"Interactive / A city changes. Plastic remains","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"dailystarbd","url":"https://www.thedailystar.net/news/environment/news/city-changes-plastic-remains-4287946","v":1}

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d2383525378ee2504053cb28c02117791fdcc71230e537dfcec3f87567f29ec5

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-d2383525378e.json prints d2383525378ee2504053cb28c02117791fdcc71230e537dfcec3f87567f29ec5. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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  3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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