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TIL: That according to an alleged sacred text called the Greater Questions of Mary, Jesus took Mary Magdalene to the top of a mountain, where he pulled a woman out of his side and engaged in sexual intercourse with her. And then, upon ejaculating, Jesus drank his own semen.

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