Risks of Late Eating. If you eat too close to bedtime, especially if you eat high-fat foods, you might experience bloating that can make it difficult to sleep soundly. Food before bed can also lead to discomfort if you have gastrointestinal reflux disease. Also, a late meal might make you feel less hungry in the morning.
In the mid-seventeenth century, tulips were so popular that they created the first economic bubble, known as Tulip Mania (tulipomania). As people bought up bulbs they became so expensive that they were used as money until the market in them crashed.
This former currency of The Netherlands was replaced by the euro on January 1, 2002. Among the bills, whose loss the Dutch surely mourned, was this bright yellow sunflower-clad 50-guilder banknote, which was designed by Jaap Drupsteen in the 1990s.