Food
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Roughly 4% of all the product made in this dairy food category is shoplifted each year, making it the single most stolen food item on Earth.
Cheese
In the late 18th century, two Scottish doctors originally invented a hand-cranked version of this power tool—not to cut down trees, but to saw through bone and cartilage during difficult childbirths
Chainsaw
In 2020, this 7-member South Korean boy group became the first K-pop act in history to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart with their hit English single "Dynamite."
Regardless of where a flight takes off or lands, this is the mandatory global language required for all international pilots and air traffic controllers
English
In 1637, Amsterdam was at the epicenter of what is considered the world's first recorded economic bubble, where single bulbs of this flower sold for ten times a skilled worker's annual salary.
Tulips
Global demand for this popular sweet spread is so massive that an estimated 1 in every 4 hazelnuts harvested on the planet ends up in a jar of it
Nutella / Hazelnut Spread
This European nation's national anthem, La Marcha Real, is one of only four in the world that has no official lyrics at all—citizens just hum or chant along.
Spain
First launching in 1956, this annual European television extravaganza holds the record for the world's longest-running annual international televised music competition.
Eurovision
While German is famous for long compound words, this Finnish word specifically describes the act of getting drunk at home alone in your underwear with zero intention of going out
Kalsarikännit (or "Pantsdrunk")
Because Amsterdam was built entirely on swampy soil, iconic structures like the Royal Palace at Dam Square don't rest on solid ground, but rather on over 13,000 of these underground wooden structures
Piles / Wooden Stilts
Unless you're in a high-end restaurant, the bright green paste served with your sushi in Europe isn't actually real wasabi—what is it?
Horseradish
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Despite looking light and fluffy in the sky, an average cumulus cloud weighs roughly 500,000 kilograms (1.1 million pounds), which is approximately equal to 100 of these massive land mammals
Elephants
Set on a fictional Greek island, this hit 2008 movie musical features Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried singing classic tracks from a legendary Swedish pop group
ABBA - Mama Mia
Despite having hundreds of millions of native speakers, this major Western country actually has no official federal language declared in its constitution
The United States of America
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Commonly mistaken by tourists as a reference to the city's Red Light District, the three offset "X" symbols featured on Amsterdam's official flag actually represent these religious symbols
Saint Andrew’s Crosses
Despite being named after France in English, this iconic fast-food side dish was actually invented in Belgium
French Fries
Despite being a landlocked, mountainous country in Central Europe, this alpine nation surprisingly maintains an active merchant navy ocean fleet of around 30 commercial ships
Switzerland
Based on a beloved British book character, the 2017 sequel to this coat-wearing, marmalade-loving bear’s film spent months holding a rare 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes
Paddington 2
Introduced in a 1920 play by Czech writer Karel Čapek, this 5-letter word for an artificial human originates from the Czech word for "forced labor" or "servitude."
Robot
Walking along the canals, you'll notice many historic canal houses are surprisingly narrow and tall; this is because 17th-century property taxes were calculated based on a building's(what)
Width
During Lent, 17th-century Catholic bishops classified this aquatic mammal as a "fish" because of its scaly tail, allowing settlers to eat its tail on meatless Fridays
Beaver
Created in 1997 to connect devices over short distances without cables, the technology known as Bluetooth was named after a 10th-century king who ruled over these two Scandinavian nations.
Denmark & Norway
Set in Northern Ireland during the 1990s political conflict, this beloved Channel 4 comedy series followed a group of teenagers navigating Catholic high school alongside an unlucky English boy named James
Derry Girls
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Despite having a population smaller than Belgium, this Pacific island nation holds the world record for linguistic diversity, with over 800 distinct languages spoken
What is Papua New Guinea
Docked on the Singel canal, De Poezenboot holds the unique title of being the world's only floating animal sanctuary, dedicated entirely to caring for these stray pets
Cats