Thousands sat on residential roofs expecting the end times
In the nineteenth century, a rural preacher mathematically calculated the exact date the entire world would violently end. Tens of thousands of totally convinced followers sold all their earthly possessions and awkwardly sat on their roofs for hours, eventually climbing down incredibly embarrassed.

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