stackyFACTSDuring the early 1500s, when a wooden statue of a saint supposedly started crying, highly suspicious authorities didn't fall on their knees. Instead, they literally arrested the piece of wood, locking it in a secure cell until they could legally prove whether it was a divine miracle or just a leaky roof.
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