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When the Great Fire in 1666 destroyed 13,200 buildings in London, Holland provided England with aid. A grateful King Charles II gave Holland the right to sell eels to Britain duty free once a year, and Dutch ships still call at London annually with cargoes of tax-exempt eels, National Geographic says.
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