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8 Towns that are Numbered

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6 Houses Painted in Protest
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8 Underground Rivers

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Rivers run underground all over the world.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
6 Houses Painted in Protest
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
Does Thinking Hard Actually Wear You Out?
18 Stunning Black-Light-Responsive Tattoos

Origins of 8 of the Strangest Place Names in Canada

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Every country has place names that make you scratch your head and say, "What were they thinking?"

WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
6 Houses Painted in Protest
How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends
Does Thinking Hard Actually Wear You Out?
18 Stunning Black-Light-Responsive Tattoos
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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)