• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
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    18 days ago

    I’m also slightly bothered that the Niger River only goes through a tiny sliver of Niger.

    I kind of feel like they shouldn’t claim the name. Maybe trade names with Nigeria. It will probably be some pretty easy paperwork alterations. You just take away their A.

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        17 days ago

        It’s not quite the same. But I live near a university called University of South <State Name>, yet it is absolutely nowhere even remotely near the southern part of the state.

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          It’s probably south of something though, unless you’re at the north pole