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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

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ADdjo TIL that the definition of murder in German law has not actually changed since the Nazi era: the current definition was written in 1941 by Hitler's hanging judge, Roland Freisler
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