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TIL that Aruba 🇦🇼, a small Dutch Caribbean island of 110k people, is one of the most diverse islands of the Caribbean. Being home to over 130 nationalities and 1/3 of it's population being foreign born. 75% of Arubans are of mixed European, Native and African descent.

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