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In 1508, an ecclesiastical court put a pack of rats on trial, and were shocked when the rats didn't show up. It seems impossible for anyone to be thia stupid. Were there some sort of political motives behind this farce?

by /u/TheGreenAlchemist in /r/AskHistorians

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