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TIL Black Mormons couldn't become priests until 1978 when their Prophet had an unprecedented revelation that the "time had come" to allow it, after which black people thanked him for his "many hours" begging God to permit it.

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7xPX TIL: The $1,000,000 grand prize on America’s Got Talent is paid over 40 years to equal $25,000 per year (pre-tax). If taxed at 15% it would be equal to a job paying $10.21/hour.
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