diff --git a/doc/example-blobs/README.txt b/doc/example-blobs/README.txt
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index 000000000..2d8d1e18a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/example-blobs/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+A random collection of collection of blobs for reference in mailing
+lists and other docs.
diff --git a/doc/example-blobs/sha1-648357ea2ee9dd7031d0ff786840e6deac8b7a6a.dat b/doc/example-blobs/sha1-648357ea2ee9dd7031d0ff786840e6deac8b7a6a.dat
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index 000000000..6526ba826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/example-blobs/sha1-648357ea2ee9dd7031d0ff786840e6deac8b7a6a.dat
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{"camliVersion": 1,
+  "camliSigner": "sha1-c4da9d771661563a27704b91b67989e7ea1e50b8",
+  "camliType": "permanode",
+  "random": "}6{T2o+u<[!aE.&babHX"
+,"camliSig":"iQEcBAABAgAGBQJNScvDAAoJEGjzeDN/6vt8h+sIAILavU5sLhdtb5zsdLQJE5uVzWVNyImtUS+xlH8qi+LFefGVqlMpuij0mzuNBybRKKYkJeYXD/bQ4hZb/6XgzQWHhcXpDqLJrLRVK6jjflaOv23bDZm8J/1Q0pMe291qfON+iX2KD7F1f6yCY60uUMTwaF/0MfJxITH9sPdD0AhNxJUNPSkviUnPa9YLr8S3NmARsReV1EorvYQmZI2y2cJdfWgQ4LAghJhWIE1LwexHcOuiDLg2QLZiGx6sqhBCKpIfAzigSXs/ehIBNC9uSjkiWa4aRIWk6MGxkg1z4yzERIjJ38+1vJh1866DMeo5fxwH1K2o53gvBm+xq1UJXcg==iqHS"}
diff --git a/doc/example-blobs/sha1-648357ea2ee9dd7031d0ff786840e6deac8b7a6a.txt b/doc/example-blobs/sha1-648357ea2ee9dd7031d0ff786840e6deac8b7a6a.txt
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index 000000000..163ff5455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/example-blobs/sha1-648357ea2ee9dd7031d0ff786840e6deac8b7a6a.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+A permanode, signed by sha1-c4da9d771661563a27704b91b67989e7ea1e50b8.
diff --git a/doc/example-blobs/sha1-c4da9d771661563a27704b91b67989e7ea1e50b8.dat b/doc/example-blobs/sha1-c4da9d771661563a27704b91b67989e7ea1e50b8.dat
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index 000000000..de8bc48d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/example-blobs/sha1-c4da9d771661563a27704b91b67989e7ea1e50b8.dat
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
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diff --git a/doc/example-blobs/sha1-c4da9d771661563a27704b91b67989e7ea1e50b8.txt b/doc/example-blobs/sha1-c4da9d771661563a27704b91b67989e7ea1e50b8.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..185b70c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/example-blobs/sha1-c4da9d771661563a27704b91b67989e7ea1e50b8.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Brad's public key, used to sign the permanode in 
+sha1-648357ea2ee9dd7031d0ff786840e6deac8b7a6a.dat