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TIL that when a German noble wanted to marry one of his wife's ladies-in-waiting, he received the approval of Martin Luther to marry her secretly, because divorce is worse than bigamy. After the scandal became public, Luther told him to "tell a good, strong lie" and deny the marriage completely

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