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TIL roughly half of the Dutch workforce works part-time.

by whatilearned May 23, 2023, 7:07 am

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TIL that centuries ago this Dutch bar would accept monkeys as payment from sailors who had traveled around the world

by whatilearned May 20, 2023, 1:03 pm

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TIL the Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, revealed back in 2017 that he had been co-piloting KLM flights twice a month for 21 years in addition to royal duties.

by whatilearned May 4, 2023, 5:24 pm

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Brit doesn’t pike the Dutch

by CopyPastaArchive March 29, 2023, 8:18 am

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TIL about transgenerational effects the Dutch famine of 1944. Children of pregnant women at this time are more likely to develop health issues like diabetes. Even further, their great grandchildren are also more likely to develop health issues (despite only being developing eggs during the famine).

by whatilearned March 17, 2023, 8:11 am

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TIL, The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in ww2

by whatilearned March 13, 2023, 10:10 pm

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TIL During the Second World War the Dutch Resistance and victims of the occupation were funneled 83 million guilders (equivalent to 450 million Euros 2021) by Gijs van Hall. Hall was a Resistance member and bank official who wrote millions in fraudulent loans to aid the Dutch people.

by whatilearned March 1, 2023, 12:52 pm

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TIL that “Van Der Beek” translates to “From the creek” in Dutch. James Van Der Beek starred in “Dawson’s Creek” in the late 90s and early oughts.

by whatilearned February 22, 2023, 10:39 am

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Can Flemish and Dutch people understand each other?

by cringeyjokesman February 19, 2023, 10:52 pm

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TIL that Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo has “slow lane” checkouts for customers who like to chat with the employees.

by whatilearned February 15, 2023, 2:27 pm

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TIL the Dutch word for an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman, is a reference to one specific woman.

by whatilearned February 10, 2023, 8:21 pm

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TIL in WW2, Japan interned 130,000 British, Dutch, and American civilians. 14,000 of them perished as a result

by whatilearned February 10, 2023, 2:47 pm

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