Welcome to AirNenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

War is no time for civility.

When two sides are fighting, they often resort to all manner of tactics to defeat one another,

be it guns or missiles or nuclear weapons, the end result of war is almost always destruction.

However, during the 17 and 18 centuries, England found another way to win a war.

For many years, the English and the Dutch maintained an amicable relationship.

When the Netherlands took up arms against the Kingdom of Spain in the late 1500s, it was

the British who came to their aid, the ensuing Dutch revolt led to the creation of a new

republic outside of Spain's rule.

England and Spain continued to fight for some years.

However, the British Royal Navy had started to run low on funding.

England Charles first needed help and, being aligned with the Catholic Church, sought assistance

from another Catholic-leaning country.

Spain.

But the Dutch had no idea.

The other problem was that the Dutch were beginning to outpace the British when it came

to their cargo ships.

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