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The nuns who insured the next Messiah

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Religious devotion reached absolute absurdity in the insurance market in the year 2000. Several groups of nuns purchased policies to cover the costs of raising the next Messiah, just in case they were miraculously chosen. The insurance companies happily collected the premiums, confident in the low statistical probability.

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