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Much mirth as Sweden 'mourns' its oldest eel

Swedes have flocked to social media to muse at the passing of “the world’s oldest European eel”, which lived in a well to the age of 155. It was found dead in the southern town of Brantevik when the well owners removed the lid to show it off to visitors, The Local said on Friday. A boy dropped it in back in 1859, when it was apparently common to use […]