DID YOU KNOW THAT...
...the Wikipedia article for Dutch inventions and discoveries is one of the longest listicles on the English Wikipedia?
...almost all names in New York are adaptions of the original Dutch names, back when it was still called New Amsterdam? Brooklyn, Flatbush, Broadway, Greenwich and Wall Street among many others all have Dutch origins.
...this official day was proposed by the US Congress nine years ago?
...the Pennsylvania Dutch are actually German and not Dutch at all?
...I totally spent way too much time carefully carving Hubski into Gouda cheese on this productive day?
...I stole this format from thenewgreen? I hope this doesn't negatively affect our Dutch-American Friendship...here's an appropriate song to make up for it.
Mmm, those look good. I'm trying to find a place that sells authentic Belgian Pearl Sugar so I can make me some liege waffles
Good use of the format. Poor use of the community tag by me. Was supposed to be #tngapproves Doh!
Orange-coloured carrots. Before the 18th century, carrots from Asia were usually purple, while those in Europe were either white or red. Dutch farmers bred a variety that was orange. The long orange Dutch carrot, first described in 1721, is the ancestor of the orange horn carrot, one of the most common types found in supermarkets today. It takes its name from the town of Hoorn, in the Netherlands.
I didn't realize this!