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TIL that in 1615 a party of Spanish whalers were left stranded in Iceland. The Spaniards stole a locals fish and in retaliation a group of Icelanders massacred the robbers. Due to this the sheriff declared all Spaniards were criminals. Only in 2015 after a memorial of the dead,the decree was revoked

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