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Francis of Assisi passionately preached sermons to birds

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When human audiences fail to appreciate your massive spiritual insights, pivoting to wildlife is incredibly logical. This famous friar was so entirely overflowing with divine love that he would routinely stop on the side of the road to deliver highly enthusiastic theological lectures to massive flocks of pigeons. Fortunately for him, birds are historically terrible at raising objections during a sermon.

Francis of Assisi passionately preached sermons to birds
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