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Amsterdam

Amsterdam
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About Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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26 people were killed in 1886 in Amsterdam because they demanded to have the eel pulling, but the eel survived apparently.

from 194: No Such Thing As An Orange Crocodile, 2017-12-01 at 00:08:33 · read transcript

Other times Amsterdam came up

  1. It wouldn't make much less sense than anything else. They've been doing it for years. In 2016, this year of this article, Heathrow finally sent their own cake back because of the approval of the third runway, right? They said, thanks for letting us borrow your runway, Amsterdam. We shouldn't need it much longer, and then the cake's on the way. Six years ago, yeah. That's hubris, I'm afraid.

    452: No Such Thing As Lemming Atlantis, 2022-11-11 · listen

  2. Yeah. Except obviously they could be nicked. I don't know how you would legislate against that or prevent it. In France because they had the bike system before us, then they weren't getting stolen there. It's really interesting culturally that in Paris they left them all and in Amsterdam they all got stolen instantly. I don't know what we're doing. Really? What are we doing in London? I think they're too heavy and shit aren't they?

    146: No Such Thing As A Queen Orca, 2017-01-07 · listen

  3. This is not bad. It's like a fairy tale world. It is a stoner film with that name. I'm quite excited. I am excited. Based in Netherlands? Yes, so it's in Amsterdam, yeah. I can't really reveal too much. I have a fact about Amsterdam. Oh, yeah? To hear it. I can't remember what year it was. It was about, I don't know, 80 years or so ago, but there was a fog so bad that 29 people fell into the canals in a single night. that's fantastic okay let's start with fact number one we're going to start with our special guest Eric uh... we borghumor right so in 1923 jockey frank hayes won a race in belmont park in new york despite being dead wow explain that one yeah he started alive right he started alive oh so he died mid race mid race yeah well okay give us more of the story well basically he suffered from a heart mid-race, but he was straddled nice and strong in a saddle, and the horse won.

    No Such Thing As A Soggy Monk, 2014-05-09 · listen

  4. We're going to have to move on in a sec, guys. Have you heard of Jack the Flipper? Jack the Flipper? An aggressive dolphin in a 2013 study? The dipper, on the other hand, is an ice cream shop in North Carolina. Are you culminating in Amsterdam's Jack the Stripper? I've got just, I'm really anxious about what it's coming up. Oh, yeah. Okay. It is time for fact number three, and that is Andy.

    No Such Thing As Hot Golf Balls, 2024-12-12 · listen

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