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HTML
<style>
div {
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom:10px
}
</style>
<span>
<div style="background-color: lightgreen">this is fine even with a span</div>
</span>
<div style="background-color: lightgreen">
yeah margin as expected
</div>
<table style="width: 100%;">
<tbody>
<td>
<div style="background-color: red">this is shit - above me is twice the margin, below me as well</div>
</td>
</tbody>
</table>
<div style="background-color: red">
Why do I have twice the margin i expect?
</div>