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5 THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BIZARRE BOOKS

1 JESUS'S WILL WAS (ALLEGEDLY) DISCOVERED IN JAPAN

In the 1930s, a Shinto priest in Japan reportedly discovered Japanese documents that – so it was claimed – included the last will and testament of Jesus Christ. According to these, Jesus – described in the text as “a longnosed goblin” – evaded crucifixion, his brother having taken his place. Allegedly, Jesus then travelled to Japan, where he lived as a farmer before dying at the ripe old age of 106, leaving several grandchildren.

Although the documents were apparently lost during World War II, some still

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