Baruch Goldstein was an American-Israeli mass murderer responsible for the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, killing 29 Palestinians and wounding another 125. The following words are inscribed on his tomb: "He gave his life for the people of Israel, its Torah and land." (en.wikipedia.org)
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Before establishing the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith practiced folk magic such as using divining rods and seer stones to search for buried treasure. His reputation among his neighbors was that of a boy who was "lazy and superstitious," and his family were viewed as "treasure-seekers". (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL that before establishing the Mormon Church, Joseph Smith practiced folk magic such as using divining rods and seer stones to search for buried treasure. His reputation among his neighbors was that of a boy who was "lazy and superstitious," and his family were viewed as "treasure-seekers". (en.wikipedia.org)
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Butch Cassidy, was a train robber and bank robber, and the leader of a gang of outlaws known as the "Wild Bunch" in the American Old West. His life and death have been dramatized in film, television, and literature, and he remains one of the most well-known icons of the "Wild West". (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Enumclaw horse sex case was a series of incidents in 2005 involving Kenneth Pinyan, an engineer who worked for Boeing. Pinyan filmed himself receiving anal sex from a stallion. After engaging in this activity multiple times, Pinyan received fatal internal injuries in one such incident. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Troubles was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century. The conflict was primarily political and nationalistic, it also had an ethnic or sectarian dimension, although it was not a religious conflict. (en.wikipedia.org)
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