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No Such Thing As A Fish

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Is God Sending Down Lightning Bolts?

People were very antsy, weren't they? Because of that, you know, you're trying to prevent God from doing his work. And there was a big push among scientists to try and convert people to it. But the problem is the tallest building in most towns was a church. So if anything got struck by lightning, it usually was a church or brothels. The church's thing was an issue. It's another reason why it's good the lightning rod was invented because the way they repelled lightning before the rod was to ring loads of church bells.

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