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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _load_regions(target):
 """Get list of tupples from bed file"""

    regions = []
    with open(target) as in_handle:
        for line in in_handle:
            if not line.startswith("#"):
                c, s, e = line.strip().split("\t")
                regions.append((c, s, e))
    return regions