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JadeNB
on July 19, 2020
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Things Unexpectedly Named After People
There is a Texas town called Iraan that I assumed when passing through it must have something to do with the Mideast country, but is actually much more simply named after Ira and Ann. (So why not Iraann?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraan,_Texas
hojjat12000
on July 19, 2020
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That always baffled me. Never bothered to check. Thanks.
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