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TIL During the Reformation, a knight named Hans von Hake asked Johann Tetzel to purchase an indulgence for a future sin. Tetzel sold Hake an indulgence for a future non-specific sin. Hake then ambushed, and robbed Johann Tetzel of all of his indulgence money.

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