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Word: cardedeu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1959-1959
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Lobby. In Cardedeu, Spain, burglars broke into a windmill and a carpenter's shop while their owners slept, ransacked them but took nothing, moved on to a stable, saddled a horse, fed it, left it tethered in the yard, broke into a local tavern, filled up on sausages and two quarts of wine, took all the money from the cash register and stacked it on the bar, disappeared into the night leaving a note behind: "What this town needs is a night watchman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 2, 1959 | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

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