test of paragraph splitting with leading space

This is a new paragraph set off by two newlines

This is separated by three newlines.

 The leading spaces signal that
 this is a preformatted paragraph
 which will preserve
 its internal newlines

Char Level

It also armours < and > chars.

It also armours lbrace {, rbrace }, dollar $, and asterisk * chars

http://google.com|external http://google.com|external

this is an external link

[this is not a reference]

strong, italic and strong italic


An interpolated para

  1. this is an ordered list element
  2. this is the second element in olist
this is a def list
which has two parts
this is a second def
and here's what it means
  1. what happens
  2. with a list where you want to add a para
  3. in the middle

a header at level three