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  2. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  3. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A community developed by Disney near Walt Disney World. Hopefully they like the classic Kool & the Gang song. Center of the World: A place in Ohio that is actually about 41 degrees north and 81 degrees west of the center of the world. These people need to look at a map. Chad: This country is populated and ruled by sigma males. Charm

  4. List of historical unrecognized states - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic were the only countries to recognize its independence. [46] [47] Mongolian People's Republic: 1921–1945, 1953–1992 Now recognized Was unrecognized by several countries from 1940 to 1960 due to being claimed as an integral part of the Republic of China. [48] Tungus Republic: 1924–1925

  5. 7 Weirdest Monuments Around The World (PHOTOS) - AOL

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    DeusXFlorida/Flickr Boll weevils, the Fonz and even filing cabinets: If it exists there's probably a monument to it somewhere in the

  6. Here are the 5 weirdest Guinness World Records - AOL

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    Simon Elmore won the Guinness World Record for most straws in the mouth on August 6, 2009. He held 400 straws between his jaws for 10 seconds. He held 400 straws between his jaws for 10 seconds. 2.

  7. The WEIRDest People in the World - Wikipedia

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    The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous is a 2020 book by Harvard professor Joseph Henrich that aims to explain history and psychological variation using approaches from cultural evolution and evolutionary psychology. In the book, Henrich explores how institutions and psychology ...

  8. 11 Weirdest Taxes Other Countries Have To Pay - AOL

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    For example, there are plenty of strange U.S. taxes — ranging from a tattoo tax in... Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign ...

  9. List of fictional countries set on Earth - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.). Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as opposed to underground, inside the planet, on another world, or during a different "age" of the planet with a different physical geography.