for questions about claims based in Denmark, or limited to Denmark.
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Do Danish and Canadian militaries exchange gifts on a disputed island?
The following image is circulating on LinkedIn:
There is an island which is disputed territory between Canada and Denmark. The militaries of both countries periodically visit to remove the other guy's flag and leave a bottle of Danish schnapps or…
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Have 5% of Danish men had sex with an animal?
From this 2015 New York Post article:
Some 5 percent of Danish men have had sex with an animal.
That seems completely outlandish to me. Bestiality seems like a very rare fetish. It's probably wrong but you never know.
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Did the Danish Justice Ministry survey veterinarians about bestiality?
A 2015 Reuters article discusses Danish laws about bestiality, and refers to an earlier report:
A 2011 Justice Ministry report surveyed veterinarians and found 17 percent of them suspected that an animal they treated had had intercourse with a…
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Can Danish policemen refuse to provide ID when asked?
This Guardian article makes the (unsourced) claim that (emphasis mine):
There is more than a whiff of the police state about the fact that Danish policeman refuse to display ID numbers and can refuse to give their names.
Can Danish policemen…
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Does Denmark lose almost $700 million a year "carrying" Greenland?
In this precise moment of this video, (found on this this article) Donald Trump says about Greenland:
It's hurting Denmark very badly because they are losing almost $700m a
year carrying it, so they carry it at a great loss
The fact that…
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Do Scandinavian-Americans have a higher standard of living than Scandinavians?
A Bloomberg article by the economist Tyler Cowen attributes the following claims to Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism by Nima Sanandaji:
Danish-Americans have a measured living standard about 55 percent higher than the Danes…
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Did Denmark reduce their need for hospitals by two-thirds?
Dave Chase, CEO of Avado, made this claim in a TechCrunch article:
Prevention-focused countries such as Denmark have dramatically lowered the need for hospitals. Once at 155 hospitals, they are at less than a third of that today. I find this…
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Have Vegemite, Marmite and other yeast extracts been banned in Denmark?
Have Vegemite, Marmite and other yeast extracts been banned in Denmark?
Background: I've heard this being claimed in the news, but there was a false report of it being banned in the United States back in 2006.
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Did a firefighter rescue a cat from a still-burning house?
From twitter user @Earth_Pics:
Firefighter in Denmark rescues cat from burning house.The way he hugs
cat and the expressions of cat says it all.
Note: the white stuff is probably snow, not ash.
An image of this was posted to Reddit, and has…
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