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TIL that Mormons believe that in 1978, God changed his mind about black people.

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kJvK1 TIL the earliest description of the heliocentric model dates back to Ancient Greece. Aristarchus of Samos (c.310–c.230 BC) described the Earth spinning on its axis once per day and orbiting a fixed Sun. He also thought that stars were other suns much further away.
OPxe TIL 98% of women in Somalia have experienced forced gential mutilation
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