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TIL Alarmed by the spread of Christianity, Roman Emperor Domitian sought and brought for questioning Jesus' grandnephews, the grandson's of his brother "by flesh". They claimed to own just one piece of land, which they worked by themselves, so Domitian let them go, deeming them insignificant

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gkN7 TIL of Roger Sherman, the only man who signed all four of the great state papers of the United States (the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution)
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