Numerous urban legends were born to explain how the borderline was decided where to be. The most popular is the one with each nation’s favorite drink. Each nation selected a representative who was sent in one of the two vertical extremes of the island. These two were told to walk to the other part of the island and running was not allowed. Where these two met became the frontier. The fact that the French part is larger than the Dutch part is considered to be because the French [...]