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TIL that Holger the Dane is a fabled Frankish knight, and statue, in the catacombs of Kronborg in Denmark. He will, according to folklore, come to life if Denmark is ever threatened by a foreign invasion. He was first mentioned in the 12th century, and the statue was built in 1907.

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