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Netherlands

Country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean

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Jan 17, 2026
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Canada joins military exercise in Greenland

Reporting is mixed: several outlets initially listed Canada among NATO partners sending personnel to Denmark’s Greenland exercise, Operation Arctic Endurance, but official Canadian defence spokespeopl...

Dec 17, 2025
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Which countries have no age-verification or record-keeping requirements for adult porn producers?

There is no single, authoritative list of countries that “have no age‑verification or record‑keeping requirements” for adult producers; reporting and industry guides identify a shifting patchwork wher...

Dec 10, 2025
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Which countries currently criminalize bestiality and how do their penalties compare?

Laws on sex with animals vary widely: several European countries criminalize bestiality with prison terms of up to two years or more, while a handful of states/countries historically permitted it (sou...

Nov 30, 2025

What are the average penis sizes in different European countries?

Published compilations put average erect penis length for European countries largely in the 13–15 cm (≈5.1–5.9 in) band, with some Western and Southern European nations reported near or above 15 cm wh...

Jan 15, 2026

Which NATO countries have finalized troop numbers and timelines for deployments to Greenland?

Only one NATO member — Germany — has publicly announced a specific, finalized small contingent and a narrow timeline for deployment to Greenland: a 13-strong Bundeswehr reconnaissance team to Nuuk, ar...

Nov 17, 2025

Which countries removed or relaxed age restrictions on pornographic material in 2020–2025 and why?

Between 2020 and 2025 the dominant trend in available reporting is not widespread removal of age limits but the introduction, enforcement, or legal contestation of age‑verification requirements for on...

Oct 3, 2025

What countries have travel advisories for traveling to the USA?

Multiple news reports from March through October 2025 document that , but the lists vary and the reasons mix security concerns with objections to U.S. policies, including entry-document rules for gend...

Dec 17, 2025

The first Summer Olympics after WWII. Who were some event winners and which country took home the most gold medals (also 2nd and 3rd would be nice to know).

The first Summer Olympics after World War II were the 1948 London Games (29 July–14 August 1948), sometimes called the “Austerity Games” . The United States led the medal table and won the most golds ...

Dec 17, 2025

What role did the US play in the 2002 Venezuelan coup attempt and its aftermath?

Declassified intelligence and contemporaneous reporting show U.S. officials had prior knowledge of plots against Hugo Chávez and met with Venezuelan opposition and military figures in the months befor...

Nov 28, 2025

Which countries still allow possession of child sexual abuse material and what are their laws?

Most countries criminalize some or all activities related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM), but definitions and whether simple possession is covered vary widely; major reviews and databases show ...

Dec 13, 2025

Is Mark Rutte publicly out as gay or has he discussed his sexuality?

Available reporting shows Mark Rutte has not publicly declared a sexual orientation; he has repeatedly described himself as single and private about romantic life . Sources document Rutte speaking abo...

Nov 24, 2025

Why was the black US soldiers memorial removed?

Panels in the visitors’ centre at the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten that highlighted Black American WWII servicemen were removed this autumn after an internal review by the American Battl...

Nov 27, 2025

how many men raise children that are not theirs unknowingly

Published estimates of men unknowingly raising children who are not their biological offspring (often called paternal discrepancy or non‑paternity) vary widely across studies — from about 0.8% up to 3...

Nov 30, 2025

Which European countries have the largest Muslim populations as of 2025?

Russia is repeatedly identified in available reporting as the European country with the largest Muslim population — sources cite roughly 16 million Muslims in Russia and note it will remain the larges...

Nov 29, 2025

Which countries ban all pornographic material and which explicitly allow it?

Many countries ban pornography outright—lists compiled by trackers cite dozens of states in the Middle East, Asia and parts of Africa where production, distribution or online access is illegal (exampl...

Nov 27, 2025

were is child porn legal

Child pornography is illegal in most countries, but laws, definitions, and enforcement vary widely: research cited in Wikipedia and NGO reports finds child pornography unlawful in a majority of states...

Jan 16, 2026

Is there a database of doxxed ICE agents?

A public, crowd‑facing website called “ICE List” has been reporting the personal details of thousands of people identified as ICE, Border Patrol and DHS employees after a purported internal leak; the ...

Nov 7, 2025

Which countries have successfully implemented universal healthcare systems similar to Medicare for All?

Multiple countries have implemented universal health coverage through a range of models that achieve broad access but differ substantially from one another and from U.S. proposals labeled “Medicare fo...

Dec 17, 2025

What legal disputes and international arbitration arose from Venezuela's oil and mining nationalizations?

Venezuela’s 2000s-era nationalizations of oil and mining assets spawned a cascade of international arbitrations, producing multi‑billion‑dollar awards, mixed rulings on legality versus compensation, a...

Jan 16, 2026

Is the ice list real

The ICE List is a real website and project that publicly publishes names and other information about Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol personnel; its founder, Dominick Skinner, and...