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What's the craziest thing you've seen on a map? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by lemuria@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Like weird place names on Google Maps, as an example.

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[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is definitely the most appropriate place to list them. Try a few at least.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nigger Creek is one. happy? i am not lol

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Super annoying that they filter words here so I don't know what "removed" was referring to. Instinctively I guessed cun* but could be any number of things. Thanks anyway.

[–] HotDogFingies@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit, why

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

i looked it up and in 2017 they changed the name. there was actually TWO towns called that, one with North in front of it

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Tbh, not sure I want to know why...