Dutch astronaut André Kuipers has reported that he once called the US emergency number 911 by accident while he was in the International Space Station.
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When the Dutch government decided to send a family back to a dangerous situation in Armenia, Bethel Church found an unusual way to help: by holding church services around the clock.
A 69-year-old Dutch man who works on TV has gone to court with an unusual request. He wants to be allowed to take 20 years off his age.
How do you clean a huge 400-year-old painting that is a national treasure? The Rijksmuseum, Netherland's national museum, is planning on doing it with the whole world watching.
A jogger running in Utrecht, Netherlands came across something unusual in the middle of a field - a lion cub in a cage. The lion has now been taken to a shelter.
A group called The Ocean Cleanup is pulling a huge floating screen out to sea. They hope the device will collect plastic trash in the ocean, making the plastic easy to remove.
You'll get in trouble if you insult King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. But thanks to a new law, you won't get in nearly as much trouble as you would have before.