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Category: Denmark

  • Mols, or stupid, lazy, inbred peasants

    Mols, or stupid, lazy, inbred peasants

    In Denmark, there is a story about the villagers of Mols in Jutland. Fearing that war was about to break out in the country, they decided to hide their most treasured possession: the church bell. A handful of men set out to sea in a rowboat to sink the bell, where it could be retrieved…