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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
America's Weirdest Place Names
I find this Brit in America videos entertaining. This one is especially amusing. Why are there cities named Uncertain, Texas and Whynot, North Carolina?
And Boring, Oregon, and Skiddoo, California (The miners wanted to call it 23-Skiddoo, after the catchphrase, but the Post Office objected to cities with numbers as part of the name, TwentyNinePalms and countless Twin Falls and Twin Lakes, notwithstanding.
My favorite is Hell, Michigan.
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