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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/09/llylgnuvtgwbffn4pslw.jpg?quality=75640290Next year is the 800th anniversary of sealing the Magna Carta. To prepare for the milestone, British Library conservationists used multispectral imaging to save parts of the text thought to be lost.