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Given that $F_1$ and $F_2$ are two foci of the hyperbola $$C: \frac{x^2}{a^2} - \frac{y^2}{b^2} = 1 \; (a > 0, b > 0)$$, if the two vertices of hyperbola C precisely trisect the line segment $F_1F_2$, then the eccentricity of hyperbola C is ___.

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