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TIL Rosalyn Carter was Delivered by Jimmy Carter’s mother.

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xO07 TIL A Sufi holy man decided to really test his ability to perform miracles by slicing the thriat of one of his followers in front of a crowd and bringing him back from the dead. Instead, he managed to just do the first part.
jNpBj TIL a reverend of the Freedom Church of Revelation asked the Vice Chancellor of Delaware for permission to settle a lawsuit with a "trial by combat to death." The Vice Chancellor rejected this request. This happened in 1983.
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