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TIL A moment was a medieval measurement of time and corresponded to 90 seconds.

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RK58 TIL Barry Goldwater said, And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. “
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