The World’s Worst Loophole

[Fweethawt]

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If you had to make a list of the worst possible things a person could do, taking the life of a child would probably be near the top. If you believe in Heaven and Hell, killing a child is almost certainly a first-class ticket straight to the latter. But according to a researcher from the University of California-Davis, in one scenario — one which repeated a few times in the 1700s — the opposite was true. People were killing innocent children in hopes of getting express entry through the Pearly Gates.