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TIL: In 1910 a Spanish shepherd went missing. Rumour spread he’d been murdered. Two men confessed to his murder under torture by the Civil Guard and served 12 years in prison before being pardoned in 1925. In 1926 it was discovered the shepherd had been living in a nearby town the entire time.

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