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Given below are some famous numbers associated with electromagnetic radiations in different contexts in physics. State the parts of the eletromagnetic spectrum to which each belongs.
21 cm (Wavelength emitted by atomic bydrogen in interstellar space)

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Radio waves of short wavelength end.
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