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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ve got a few but I’ll go with:

The Guinness World Record Largest Open Sandwich; It was a barbecue pork bun (as of July 2010; dunno if the record still stands)

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Ok. In retrospect this was way too obscure.

How about the town Pepsi was invented in?

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago

My hometown was a well-known regional port and was the home of a "medical" serial killer (both in the early 20th century) who was responsible for over 15 deaths over 4 years.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

We won three wars against the UK in the 19th century.

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (5 children)

One of the worlds most useless canals goes through my town (on it's path to crossing the entire width of the country). It was built largely with russian POW's. However, roughly eight years before it was completed, steam locomitives became a thing, making it obsolete.

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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My city is build around 60 volcanic hills.

[–] macrocarpa@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My hometown was most notable for a husband and wife serial killer pair who preyed on young girls in the area. This one will be easy to guess.

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)
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[–] eldopgergan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

It has Asia's largest saltwater lake

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[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (6 children)

More navigable waterways than any other US state. (From there but no longer live there).

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[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

My city has the most strip clubs per capita in the USA

[–] Gaetano@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Portland Oregon

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[–] relevants@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

The city I'm from has more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

There's a catholic cathedral that was designed by a protestant and a protestant cathedral that was designed by a catholic.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

We’ve decriminalized magic mushrooms.

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