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=== Europe === | === Europe === | ||
=== Iceland === | |||
=== === Greenland & Iceland === | |||
=== Mid East === | === Mid East === | ||
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=== Indus, India, Indonesia === | === Indus, India, Indonesia === | ||
* | *'''Indus''' is the name for the river that gives the name for India | ||
** the Indus River is in Pakistan | ** the Indus River is in Pakistan | ||
** "indus" = indo-european word for "river | ** "indus" = indo-european word for "river | ||
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** "Indonesia" therefore "islands of India" | ** "Indonesia" therefore "islands of India" | ||
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=== United States === | |||
* '''Accident, MD''' | |||
** early settlement in western Maryland | |||
** a competing survey of property "by accident" made a claim of the other's property | |||
** people from Accident call themselves, "Accidentals" | |||
** source: [[https://digital.whilbr.org/digital/collection/p16715coll6 Pictory History of Accident, Maryland, (WHILBR)]] | |||
* '''Telluride, Co''' | |||
** named for the mineral "tellurium" | |||
** located amidst the largest concentration of 14,000 ft mountains in the U.S. | |||
** the apocryphal origin is that, due to the treacherous mountains, miners warned those who wanted to strike gold there, "To Hell You Ride!" | |||
== Political geography fun facts == | == Political geography fun facts == |