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TIL Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, married two 14 year old girls. One of them said: "he said to me, ‘If you will take this step, it will ensure your eternal salvation & exaltation and that of your father’s household & all of your kindred.' This promise was so great that I willingly gave myself."

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