<main>
  <h1>white-space: pre</h1>
<p>
  What's worse, ignorance or apathy?
  I don't know and I don't care.
</p>

  <h1>white-space: pre</h1>
<p>What's worse, ignorance or apathy?
I don't know and I don't care.</p>

  <h1>&lt;pre&gt;</h1>
<pre>What's worse, ignorance or apathy?
I don't know and I don't care.</pre>
</main>

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