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World's tallest country gets that shrinking feeling

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While the rest of the world literally looks up to the Dutch, the tallest people in the tallest country on earth insist it's not easy being so big. So an official study by the Dutch national statistics office CBS finding that they appear to be shrinking might be construed as good news -- even if it could threaten the Netherlands' number one spot as the world's loftiest nation.

Added on the 08/10/2021 12:14:39 - Copyright : AFP EN

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