German satire: American aircraft carrier showing up on Elbe river, looking for Greenland (www.der-postillon.com)

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Near the River Elbe in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany, there happens to be a tiny village named "Grönland", which by coincidence, also is the German name for Greenland. According to this article in the German equivalent to The Onion, someone in the Pentagon got a little confused about that and sent an aircraft carrier on a top secret mission.

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[-] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

The sailors jumping overboad will give it away.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Those are, uh, speed jumpings. They make the ship go faster.

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