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TIL about Shingo Aomori Japan, the purported true location of the tomb of Jesus Christ. Legend goes that it was his secret brother Isukiri who died on the cross in Golgotha. Jesus then moved to Japan, changed his name to Torai Tora Daitenku, became a garlic farmer with a family, and died there.

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