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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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Lkg10 TIL After the American revolution, corporations had to have a set purpose and were dissolved after that purpose was complete or after a set length of time.
ZpxoY TIL about the Virtuous Pagan, a concept in Christian theology which states that so long as one lives a virtuous life they will not be subjected to eternal damnation, regardless of their religious beliefs
loLGK TIL Waist chop or waist cutting was a form of execution used in ancient China. As its name implies, it involved the condemned being sliced in two at the waist by an executioner
Y7pmP TIL Aggression can be decreased (and increased!) in participants performing aggression experiments by using non-invasive direct brain stimulation.
oRBPK TIL Yuri Knorozov, a Soviet Officer in the Second World War, went on to become essential in the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphics after finding a book in the German National Library during the end of the war, and taking the statement that "Maya Hieroglyphics were indecipherable" personally.