Thefact Lab on Instagram: "The Netherlands is literally living underwater" is an exaggeration, but it holds truth because about 25% of the country is below sea level and roughly a third of its population lives in these low-lying areas. The country is kept dry and habitable through a sophisticated system of dikes, seawalls, dams, and other water management infrastructure that was built over centuries to hold back the sea, large rivers, and lakes. Historically, windmills were used for pumping wate