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The small town of Redditt traces its history to the Redditt family, who settled in the late 1780s and revolutionized the newspaper industry by inventing the opinions column. Although the Redditt family newspaper has long since moved online, locals still sometimes drop by to leave their feedback on the local services board.

Further east, the Ojibwe of northern Ontario, well known for their strict hygiene (though not so much as the Saponi tribe) proclaimed Lake No-Pissing their summer capital and built a resort town. Tourists came from far away as France only to find themselves with no place to use the bathroom. The locals insisted that their hygiene rules must not be compromised however, so the tourists hurriedly hobbled eastward and founded a new resort nearby which soon came to be known as Golden Lake.

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The people of the Annieopsquotch Mountains are fond of line dancing and a distinctive art form involving colored chalk drawings on the ground. Speculative historians suggest that the islanders may have sailed overseas in ancient times, as traces of their artwork have been found as far afield as Australia.

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Sri Lanka's earliest rulers were so fond of drinking that they named their kingdom Eelam, meaning palm wine, much to the chagrin of the more temperate nations to their north. In their defense, Sri Lankans pointed out that they were free of addiction to the plump, juicy bol fruit, which was so tempting that an entire nation had become addicted to it and formed a support group called Bol-anon. Sri Lankans preferred bite-size fruits, and had recently pioneered the creation of candy.

With the age of sail, the candy trade spread around the world. Soon, Western colonists created the word confectionery so that their children would think it was something dirty and lose interest. But one day, the serendipitous children broke the code and ate 500 pounds of candy from an enormous [https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=patena&oldid=73286713 plate] balanced on a high plateau. Once the secret was out, the rulers bowed to demands that their nation adopt a more family-friendly name: hence was founded the kingdom of Kandy.

Eventually, the people of Bol-anon decided the only way to overcome their addiction was to drive the fruit to extinction, which they did, and that is why today nobody remembers the delectable, juicy, and highly addictive bohol fruits. This was no great loss, however, as they had decided to join the candy trade. As this focused on the Malay peninsula, the traders came to call themselves Malay-Eelam.

After I struck gold by the Plenty River, I realized that [http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=298602&op=688&cmd=sp&c=1&x=135%2E2&y=%2D22%2E817&w=40000&mpsec=0 Plenty R. Mine].

Hooker Valley is well known for its great fishing.

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South of the Sahara desert is another desert, named by the British colonists who said, "Bechuanaland of your own some day!" but that day was a long way off. The Ojibwe of northern Ontario helped them out.

Early colonists kept away pirates by depriving them of the citrus fruits they needed to stave off scurvy; thus the success of the Orange Free State.

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17th century dialectologists working their way eastward found increasingly archaic dialects in successively colder climates. Finding one city where the Slavic third palatalization had proceeded only halfway, the scientists named the city Semipalatinsk.

Medieval Russian advances in robotics led to many early battles. The anti-robot faction founded the city of Robozero to protect the human population. By this time the robots were flying spacecraft, and in 1663 they [https://www.strangehistory.net/2014/03/08/russian-fireball-weirdness-1663/ wiped the city off the map]. All that remains today is a cryptic message: 01040100612102000017925.

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After I struck gold again in the Basque Country, I erected a sign reading Itzalle Mine.

Located in a deep harbor is The Groyne.

German speakers have a long tradition of ensuring visitors from abroad have the best possible experience during their vacations, to the point of warning tourists away from potential dangers and unpleasant experiences, especially local cuisine. For example, the undercooked meat enjoyed by the inhabitants of Bad Homburg, and the village of Fucking in the Austrian alps which gets its name from the local bistros' reputation for serving tourists Muckefuck coffee.

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File:Gotta Pee? Part I (3685932099).jpgLecherous tourists looking for Pussy have long been reminded that it's just a little ways south of Brest.

Other tourists have made Bussy and Anus popular destinations.

Northern France is well known for its bathroom facilities. Here one finds the small town of Pissy-Pooville, origin of the modern bidet. It may be worth waiting in line here, because once you leave western Europe, you won't see a Poti for a long time.

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Known for greater modesty than the French, Italy attracts tourists to the twin peaks of Bra in the Alps, from where they head down to the Pantese further south.

It has often been noted that native tribes get their names in unusual ways. For example, after a long journey across the sea, away from their comforts, the first colonists told the natives that they desperately needed tupí.

By contrast, other tribes pick their own names, often seeing themselves as the center of the world. Thus we met the Pipil people.

The Republic of Chilly had such a cold climate that people had to eat hot peppers to keep warm. These peppers eventually came to be called chili peppers and this is why the nation of Chile has such a long narrow shape.

The people of Penutia are known for their shyness and quietness, particularly in adulthood. Ethnographers such as Schulz have visited and written about the Penutian way of life for more than fifty years without ever catching sight of an adult, although they may sometimes be heard calling out to their children using an indistinct and low-pitched nonverbal language. {{void|Komi}}

Early in the Revolutionary War, the Americans were unsure they would win, but felt if they could at least hang on to the Maine state they wouldn't need the other states.

One tribe in western Alaska spread out so much that they came to have different names for their groups. The tribal government called in the local leaders of each village to choose a name for the group as a whole. They debated for hours but they couldnt agree on which name should take precedence over the others. At the end of the meeting the transcriber opened the door and asked, "So, I need to write down the official tribal name. What have you decided to call yourselves?" The eldest tribal leader informed the man that they still could not agree on a name, and then said "here, how about .... you pick."

The annual sponge harvest of Tampa led to a revolution in women's hygiene products. When women switched to using cotton, the suburb of Tampon Strings kept the local economy thriving.

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Children sing songs of Big Rock Candy Mountain and nearby Soda Lake; alas, after decades of children visiting and enjoying the treats, Candy Mountain has been licked down to a small sandy hill and Soda Lake sipped dry.

Our researchers have uncovered evidence of a once-renowned explorer and pioneer named Scott who likely lived along the east coast of the continent. He was so well liked that the common people were taken to exclaim "Great Scott!" when faced with something that triggered strong emotions. Chief among the places named by or for this man is Swampscott, Massachusetts, a thriving coastal haven located north and east of Boston. Astute readers will note that swamp is a Native American loanword for a lowland marsh or moor.

In Swampscott we find maps of a nearby river called the Presumpscot. Presumably, this river once flowed into the town of Swampscott and was named with the prefix pre- to indicate that it is the source.

But Mr Scott was a well-traveled man. Far afield of Swampscott and its river we find the settlement of Scottsbluff, situated on the Platte River. From the name, we can be confident that our intrepid explorer had made a bet that he could build a city in a hostile climate with summer storms unlike any he and his followers had ever seen before.

Further south we find yet another city, called Scottsdale. We are not sure of the meaning of this town name, but it may be a cooperative settlement between Mr Scott and another explorer named Dale.

At a similar latitude, but closer to his home, we find the town of Scottsboro. Further research will be devoted to uncovering the meaning of the second element, as we find it also in other town names nearby.

By far the greatest record of this explorer's legacy, however, is the great nation of Scotland, which we can confidently say was founded by the explorer after a great sea journey from his original birthplace across the wide and stormy sea.