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TIL about Dorothy Martin who convinced a small group that aliens had warned her of a catastrophic flood in 1954. When the flood did not happen they quickly pivoted to say that it was their devotio...
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Original Title: TIL about Dorothy Martin who convinced a small group that aliens had warned her of a catastrophic flood in 1954. When the flood did not happen they quickly pivoted to say that it was their devotion to the belief of the “truth” of the prediction that had “saved the world.”
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