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TIL There are more stars than grains of sand on all the beaches but there are more molecules than that in 10 drops of water

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yQe6l TIL a Mormon missionary in the 1850s declared himself to be the second coming of Christ and started a new religious movement. His movement ended when he attempted to "ascend into Heaven" by jumping off of a cliff in front of all his followers
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