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Earth's blackest day and earth's brightest day are only three days apart.

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E. Stanley Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: January 25
Missionary
Theologian
Baltimore
Maryland
Eli Stanley Jones
Apart
Days
Three
Earth
Blackest
Brightest

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