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TIL in 1986, the 18-year-old Prince of Orange Willem-Alexander participated in the 120 mile long ice skating tour known as 'Elfstedentocht'. He entered under the pseudonym 'W.A. van Buren', and managed to finish the tour that passes 11 historic cities in the Dutch province of Friesland.

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