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Freemasons use secret handshakes to identify members

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The legendary fraternal order relies on extremely specific grips and passwords to ensure outsiders cannot crash their meetings. These highly guarded secrets are incredibly sacred to members, and also completely available on a quick internet search.

Freemasons use secret handshakes to identify members
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