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TIL The Netherlands was the market leader in producing cocaine with 20% of global production in the early 20th century

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 3:44 pm

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TIL despite their small land area and limited space the Netherlands are the 2nd largest food exporter in the world because of their efficient methods of modern farming

by whatilearned April 27, 2022, 10:10 pm

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TIL of the Finn-men, Inuit fishermen who made it as far as Scotland by kayak. There was so much concern about European fishermen kidnapping them that in 1720, the Netherlands explicitly outlawed it.

by whatilearned April 25, 2022, 11:59 pm

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TIL the Dutch word “ROKJESDAG” — literally “skirt day” — is the first day of spring in the Netherlands where it is warm enough to wear skirts

by whatilearned April 13, 2022, 1:46 pm

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TIL – about an 11-year-old boy from the Netherlands who won a Wolfson economics prize for his solution, with a pizza analogy, to the Greek debt crisis

by whatilearned March 30, 2022, 12:42 am

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TIL Tennessee Senator Luke Lea entered the Netherlands with fake passports and firearms in 1919 in an unauthorized attempt to kidnap the recently exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II. Suspicious of the strange men entering his estate, the Kaiser refused to meet them. The Senator fled, stealing a bronze ashtray.

by whatilearned March 13, 2022, 10:43 am

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A visitor from Holland was chatting with his American friend and was jokingly explaining about the red, white and blue in the Netherlands flag.

by cringeyjokesman March 8, 2022, 9:47 pm

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TIL that the movie Scram! (1932) was banned in the Netherlands because two male actors sit on a bed with a woman to whom they were not married. Censors felt this was “indecent”. Today the film is not banned.

by whatilearned February 25, 2022, 6:31 am

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TIL: In 2019, 466.560 people in the Netherlands (population of 17 million) fell victim to bike theft. The estimated value was €600 million (~$680 million).

by whatilearned February 23, 2022, 1:16 am

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For citizens of countries commonly stereotyped as being exceptionally safe with high standards of living (Scandinavia, The Netherlands, etc.) What are some dark underbellies people don’t realize exist in your nation?

by QuestionGuy February 22, 2022, 9:40 pm

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TIL of Urk, a town in the Netherlands that was once an island, but was connected to the mainland by reclaimed land.

by whatilearned February 21, 2022, 5:02 pm

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Code red for storm Eunice in The Netherlands

by cringeyjokesman February 18, 2022, 8:46 pm

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