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<body>

<h1>Hello World!</h1>
<p>Here, a backgound image is repeated only horizontally!</p>

</body>
body {
    background-image: url("http://timoday.edu.vn/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Green-White-Striped-Wallpaper-New-wide-stripe-wallpaper-157912.jpg");
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
}