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+https://matplotlib.org/3.1.3/gallery/ticks_and_spines/auto_ticks.html
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38855748/matplotlib-generating-strange-y-axis-on-certain-data-sets
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14711655/how-to-prevent-numbers-being-changed-to-exponential-form-in-python-matplotlib-fi