Just a book with some random facts about anything and everything.
(Formerly 'Factastic! - Random Facts')
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631. Orange is the official colour of the Netherlands (although the colours of the flag are red, white and blue) because of the House of Orange which led the Dutch revolt against Spain and later became the Dutch royal family.
632. The Netherlands and Holland are not the same thing. Holland is a region in the Netherlands, namely the western coast comprising Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Leiden and the Hague.
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633. The Netherlands were the first country to legalise same sex marriage (in 2001).
634. 70% of the world's bacon comes from the Netherlands.
635. The Dutch are the tallest in the world with an average height of 184 cm for men and 170 cm for women.
636. The highest point in the Netherlands, Vaalserberg, is only 323 meters above sea level.
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637. Despite the rainy weather, the Dutch use raincoats and rain "suits" instead of umbrellas because the wind is too strong.
638. Wooden shoes, clogs or "Klompen" have been popular in the Netherlands for about 700 years as industrial footwear worn by farmers, fishermen, factory workers, artisans and others to protect their feet from injury and keep them dry.
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639. On average, the Dutch person cycles 2.5 km per day and 900 km per year.
640. Dutch cheese is the best cheese in the world, as agreed by 40 judges from 17 countries who judged 2,500 cheeses in the 2012 World Cheese Making Contest held in the US.
