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JorisN t1_j1yinlf wrote
Reply to TIL about Jean-Louis Brenninkmeijer, an English billionaire who immigrated to Canada and is funding the creation of a miniature model of the whole country by _Kinel_
Brenninkmeijer is a Dutch-German family/dynasty worth billions.
JorisN t1_ix2ggdf wrote
Reply to comment by Glass_Fix7426 in Super-hot salt could be coming to a battery near you by Apart_Shock
Calcium and antimony can probably be found in the ocean though ;-p
JorisN t1_iujcyv6 wrote
Reply to comment by obykoo2 in Euro zone inflation hits record high of 10.7% as growth slows sharply by miso25
Most people don’t buy a new house every year or renew there rental contract. So what people pay for housing is relative stable. It only sucks if you have to find housing…
JorisN t1_isolhze wrote
In the Netherlands they have high school competitions organized by technical universities and the military where students get to design robots for the battle field.
JorisN t1_j5ejow4 wrote
Reply to TIL Bob Hoover, an American Spitfire pilot in WW2, was shot down over occupied France and captured but was able to escape from the POW camp 16 months later, steal a German fighter, and fly it from northern Germany to friendly territory in Holland. by MetaSatakOz
I don’t think it was Holland, but the Netherlands. The Holland provinces weren’t liberated until the end of the war.