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 !
You are  here 
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