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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This is a map of the United States, showing cities or towns with the same name as other more famous cities. For example, the map has a dot for a place called Los Angeles in Texas, not to be confused with Los Angeles, California.
  
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This is a map of the United States, showing cities or towns with the same name as other more famous places. For example, the map has a dot for a relatively unknown place called Los Angeles, located in Texas, not to be confused with the very well known Los Angeles that is in California.  
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The name of this comic would be if someone claims they are from "Los Angeles" and would have to say "no, the other one" since the listener would assume they are from Los Angeles, California.
  
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Few place names are unique, and there may be {{w|List of the most common U.S. place names|many places with the same name}}. Multiple American towns have been named after the same British town, famous person, or geographic feature.
 
  
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However, names can become associated with specific places on a national level, where the best-known example is usually the biggest or otherwise the most significant. The name of this comic indicates the contextualization required to specify one of the less-famous exemplars of a given name. Someone might say they are from "Los Angeles" and would have to say "no, the other one" since the listener would assume they are from Los Angeles, California.
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;Alabama
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{{w|Detroit,_Alabama|Detroit}} : {{w|Detroit|Detroit, MI}} is best known as the center of the U.S. automobile industry.
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{{w|Houston,_Alabama|Houston}} : {{w|Houston|Houston, TX}} is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth-most populous in the United States.
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{{w|Jackson,_Alabama|Jackson}} : {{w|Jackson,_Mississippi|Jackson, MS}} is the capital of Mississippi, but there are {{w|Jackson|many other}} states with Jacksons. This one is likely particularly notable due to its proximity to Jackson, MS.
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{{w|Houston,_Alaska|Houston}} : {{w|Houston|Houston, TX}} is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth-most populous in the United States.
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{{w|Peoria,_Arizona|Peoria}} : {{w|Page|Peoria, IL}} is known for being considered an "Average American Town", in the phrase {{w|Will_it_play_in_Peoria%3F|"Will it play in Peoria?"}} It is actually smaller than Peoria, AZ.
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{{w|Miami,_Arizona|Miami}} : {{w|Miami|Miami, FL}} is the seventh largest city in the United States and a major tourism hub.
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{{w|Nashville,_Arkansas|Nashville}} : {{w|Nashville,_Tennessee|Nashville, TN}} is the capital of Tennessee and a major center for the country music industry.
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{{w|Beaumont,_California|Beaumont}} : {{w|Beaumont,_Texas|Beaumont, TX}} is best known for the oil discovery that sparked the Texas oil boom of the early 1900s.
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{{w|Jamestown,_California|Jamestown}} : {{w|Jamestown,_Virginia|Jamestown, VA}} was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
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{{w|Lincoln,_California|Lincoln}} : {{w|Lincoln,_Nebraska|Lincoln, NE}} is the capital of Nebraska.
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{{w|Mesa,_California|Mesa}} : {{w|Mesa,_Arizona|Mesa, AZ}} is a suburb of Phoenix, and the largest suburban city by population in the United States
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{{w|Plymouth,_California|Plymouth}} : {{w|Plymouth,_Massachusetts|Plymouth, MA}} was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims.
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The title text references {{w|Key, West Virginia}} and {{w|Key West, Virginia}}, two places that, when spoken aloud, are only distinguishable by the pause (comma) location. Neither are to be confused with {{w|Key West|Key West, Florida}}, which is a location well-known nationally.
 
  
 
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| Albany
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| rowspan="6" | Atlanta, GA is the capital of Georgia, a center of the civil rights movement in the 1950's and 60's, and a major air transportation hub.  The comic has a single "Atlanta" next to dots for both Atlanta, CO and Atlanta, NE. Atlanta, CO does not seem to exist, so the dot may be an error, or may be missing its label (e.g., for Yuma, CO or Akron, CO).
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| Atlantic City, NJ is a famous coastal resort town in New Jersey known for its casinos, boardwalk and beaches.
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| {{w|Austin, Minnesota|Austin, MN}}
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| Austin, TX is the capital of the state of Texas, and the 11th most populous city in the US.
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| {{w|Baton Rouge, South Carolina|Baton Rouge, SC}}
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| {{w|Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, LA}}
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| Baton Rouge, LA is the capital of the state of Louisiana.
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| Atlanta
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| Beaumont, TX is known for the oil discovery that sparked the Texas oil boom of the early 1900s.
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| rowspan="2" | Beverly Hills, CA is a city in Los Angeles County, CA and is home to many celebrities, luxury hotels, and the Rodeo Drive shopping district.
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| Bloomington, IN is the location of Indiana University.
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| Boston, MA is the capital of Massachusetts and the site of several key events of the American Revolution.
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| rowspan="2" | Bowling Green, KY is the largest city of this name, and the 3rd most populous city in Kentucky. Home of the auto plant that makes the Chevy Corvette. Bowling Green, OH is directly named after the Kentucky city.
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| Bridgeport, CT is the most populous city in Connecticut and fifth most populous in {{w|New England}}.
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Buffalo, New York|Buffalo, NY}}
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| rowspan="2" | Buffalo, NY is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City.
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| {{w|Cambridge|Cambridge, England, UK}}
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| A city in Cambridgeshire, known as the home of {{w|University of Cambridge|Cambridge}} and Anglia Ruskin Universities.  There is also a village of Cambridge in Gloucestershire.
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| {{w|Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge, MA}}
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| Cambridge, MA is a city in the Boston metropolitan area, known as the home of {{w|Harvard University}} and {{w|Massachusetts Institute of Technology}} among others. Cambridge, Massachusetts is in turn named after Cambridge, England.
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| Cedar Rapids is the 2nd most populous city in the state of Iowa.
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| {{w|Charlestown, Massachusetts|Charlestown, MA}}
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| Charlestown, MA is an area of Boston and home to Bunker Hill, the site of a key American Revolutionary War battle. Originally a separate town, it was the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.  <br /> [In the original comic, the Charlestown label was located over Long Island but there was no dot for the label, and an update later removed the Charlestown label entirely.]
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| {{w|Cleveland, UT}}
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| Cleveland, OH, named after its founder, General Moses Cleaveland, is one of the 3 largest cities in the state of Ohio.
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| Columbus, OH is the most populous city in Ohio, as well as its state capital. It is named after {{w|Christopher Columbus}}.  {{w|Columbus#United_States|Many other locations}} throughout the United States bear that name.
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| rowspan="4" | Dallas, TX is the 3rd most populous city in Texas and the 9th most populous city in the United States.
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| {{w|Dayton, Ohio|Dayton, OH}}
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| Dayton, OH was a prominent city in the industrial growth of the Midwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries but is best known as the home of the Wright Brothers, where they constructed the first airplane.
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines, IA}}
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| rowspan="2" | Des Moines, IA is the capital of the state of Iowa, and its largest city by population.
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| rowspan="2" | Detroit, MI is well known as the center of the U.S. automobile industry and is the largest city in Michigan.
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| Des Moines
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| {{w|Disneyland}}<br>{{w|Walt Disney World|Disney World}}
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| Disney, OK is a small town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, but has no relation to either {{w|Walt Disney}} himself or to the Disney Corporation. There are no other towns or cities with this name, but references to being at "Disney" could include {{w|Disneyland}} in California, {{w|Walt Disney World}} in Florida, or other Disney amusement parks around the world.
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| {{w|Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville, AR}}<br>{{w|Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville, NC}}
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| Fayetteville, NC is the most populous US city of that name, and home to the {{w|Fort Bragg|largest military installation in the world}}.  Fayetteville, AR is the 3rd most populous city in Arkansas and the home of the {{w|University of Arkansas}}. There are {{w|Fayetteville|many other places}} with this name.
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg, PA}}
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| rowspan="2" | Gettysburg, PA is well known for being the site of the {{w|Battle of Gettysburg}}, the deadliest battle in the US Civil War, and the site of Abraham Lincoln's {{w|Gettysburg Address}}.
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| {{w|Grand Rapids|Grand Rapids, MI}}
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| Grand Rapids, MI is the second most populous city in the state of Michigan.
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| {{w|Houston,_Alaska|Houston, AK}}
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| rowspan="6" |  Houston, TX is the most populous city in Texas and the 4th most populous city in the United States.
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| FL
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| Indianapolis, IA
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| {{w|Indianapolis|Indianapolis, IN}}
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| Indianapolis, IN is the capital of Indiana and the most populous city in the state.
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| Houston
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| Jackson, MS is the capital of Mississippi, but there are {{w|Jackson|many other}} states with Jacksons. This one is likely particularly notable due to its proximity to Jackson, MS.
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| Houston
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Jamestown,_Virginia|Jamestown, VA}}
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| rowspan="2" |  Jamestown, VA was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
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| {{w|Jersey_Shore|Jersey Shore}} region, NJ
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| The {{w|Jersey_Shore|Jersey Shore}} is a coastal region of New Jersey. It is also the namesake of a {{w|Jersey_Shore_(TV_series)|reality TV show}}.
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| {{w|Key_West|Key West, FL}}
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| Key West, FL is an island city off the tip of Florida that is popular with tourists and contains the southernmost point of the continental states.
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| {{w|Knoxville,_Tennessee|Knoxville, TN}}
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| Knoxville, TN is the 3rd most populous city in Tennessee and the home of the {{w|University of Tennessee}}.
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| {{w|Las_Vegas|Las Vegas, NV}}
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| Las Vegas, NV is the most populous city in the state of Nevada and is well known for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife.
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| rowspan="4" | Lincoln, NE is the capital of Nebraska.
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Lisbon,_Portugal|Lisbon, Portugal}}
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| rowspan="2" | Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal.
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| Lisbon, NH
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| {{w|Long_Beach Township, New_Jersey|Long Beach, NJ}}
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| {{w|Long Beach, California|Long Beach, CA}}
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| Long Beach, CA is the 7th most populous city in California. The location in New Jersey is typically referred to by its full name, Long Beach Township, or the more generalized location of {{w|Long Beach Island}}.
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| {{w|Los_Angeles|Los Angeles, CA}}
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| Los Angeles, CA is the 2nd most populous city in the United States, behind New York City.
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| {{w|Louisville, Colorado|Louisville, CO}}
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| {{w|Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville, KY}}
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| Louisville, KY is the largest city in Kentucky.
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| rowspan="2" | Manhattan, NYC, NY is one of the {{w|Boroughs of New York City|five boroughs of New York City}}, corresponds to the {{w|New York County}}.
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| {{w|Memphis,_Tennessee|Memphis, TN}}
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| Memphis, TN is the 2nd most populous city in Tennessee and had a prominent role in the US Civil Rights movement.
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| {{w|Mesa,_California|Mesa, CA}}
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Mesa,_Arizona|Mesa, AZ}}
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| rowspan="2" | Mesa, AZ is a suburb of Phoenix, and the largest suburban city by population in the United States.
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| rowspan="2" |  Miami, FL is the seventh largest city in the United States and a major tourism hub.
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| Miami, TX
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| Mesa
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| CA
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| {{w|Mountain_View,_California|Mountain View, CA}}
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| Mountain View, CA is the "birthplace" of Silicon Valley, and is the location of many high technology companies, most notably Google.
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| {{w|Nashville,_Arkansas|Nashville, AR}}
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| {{w|Nashville,_Tennessee|Nashville, TN}}
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| Nashville, TN is the capital of Tennessee and a major center for the country music industry.
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| {{w|New England}}
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| TX
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| The New England region consists of 6 states in the northeast United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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| New Haven, KY
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| Mountain View
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| {{w|New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven, CT}}
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| New Haven, CT is the second largest city in Connecticut, and is known for its distinctive {{w|New Haven-style pizza|pizza}}. It also home to {{w|Yale University}}
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| {{w|New_York_City|New York, NY}}
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| AR
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| New York City, NY is the largest city in the United States.
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| {{w|Newark,_New_Jersey|Newark, NJ}}
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| Newark, NJ is the largest city in the state of New Jersey, and part of the greater New York metropolitan area. It hosts one of the New York metro area's three major airports. Newark, DE is the third largest city in Delaware and home to the University of Delaware. Unlike Newark, NJ, Newark, DE is pronounced as if it were two words /ˈnuːɑːrk/ .
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| New Haven
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| {{w|North_Pole,_Alaska|North Pole, AK}}
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| KY
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| North Pole, AK is a small city in Alaska known as a tourist attraction and the recipient of letters addressed to Santa Claus.
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|  
 
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|-
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| {{w|North Pole}}
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| New York
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| Northernmost point on Earth's surface.
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|  
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| Oakland, OR
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| Newark
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| {{w|Oakland,_California|Oakland, CA}}
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| DE?
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| Oakland, CA is currently the home to three professional sports teams including the {{w|Oakland_Athletics|Oakland Athletics}} and is the former home of several more, including the {{w|History_of_the_Oakland_Raiders|Oakland Raiders}}, now in Las Vegas.
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| Orlando, OK
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| North Pole
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| {{w|Orlando,_Florida|Orlando, FL}}
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| Orlando is the 4th most populous city in Florida and home to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando.
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| Oakland
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| {{w|Ottawa|Ottawa, ON}}
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| OR
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| Ottawa, ON, Canada is the capital of Canada.
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|  
 
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| Pasadena, MD
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| Orlando
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Pasadena, CA}}
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| OK
−
| rowspan="2" | Pasadena, CA is the home to the {{w|California Institute of Technology}} and the NASA {{w|Jet Propulsion Laboratory}}. It is also the home of the New Year's Day {{w|Tournament of Roses Parade}} and hosts the college football {{w|Rose Bowl Game}} played on New Year's Day afternoon. Pasadena, TX was named after its California counterpart, but it is ironically the larger of the two (both in population and area).
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|  
 
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| Ottawa
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| KS
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|
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|-
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| {{w|Peoria,_Arizona|Peoria, AZ}}
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| {{w|Peoria, Illinois|Peoria, IL}}
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| MD
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| Peoria, IL is known for being considered an "Average American Town", in the phrase {{w|Will_it_play_in_Peoria%3F|"Will it play in Peoria?"}} It is actually smaller than Peoria, AZ.
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| Pasadena
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Philadelphia|Philadelphia, PA}}
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| TX
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| rowspan="2" | Philadelphia, PA is the most populous city in Pennsylvania and was an important meeting place during the American Revolution.
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|  
 
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| Philadelphia, NY
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| Peoria
 +
| AZ
 +
|
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|
 
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| Phoenix, MD
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| Philadelphia
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Phoenix,_Arizona|Phoenix, AZ}}
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| MS
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| rowspan="2" | Phoenix, AZ is the capital of Arizona and the 5th most populous city in the United States.
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|  
 
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| Phoenix, OR
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| Philadelphia
 +
| NY
 +
|
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|
 
|-
 
|-
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| {{w|Plano,_Illinois|Plano, IL}}
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| Phoenix
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| {{w|Plano,_Texas|Plano, TX}}
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| MD?
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| Plano, TX is part of the {{w|Dallas–Fort_Worth_metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex}}, and the home of many corporate headquarters.
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|  
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|  
 
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| {{w|Plymouth,_California|Plymouth, CA}}
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| Phoenix
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Plymouth,_Massachusetts|Plymouth, MA}}
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| OR
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| rowspan="2" | Plymouth, MA was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims. Named after the {{w|Pymouth|city in the Southwest of England}} which was the final port of departure.
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| Plymouth, IN
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| Piano
 +
| IL
 +
|
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|
 
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|-
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| {{w|Portland,_Maine|Portland, ME}}
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| Plymouth
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| {{w|Portland,_Oregon|Portland, OR}}
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| CA
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| Portland, OR is the largest city in the state of Oregon and was {{w|Portland,_Oregon#Establishment|named after}} Portland, ME
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| Princeton, ID
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| Plymouth
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton, NJ}}
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| IN
−
| rowspan="2" | Princeton, NJ is famous for being the home of the eponymous {{w|Princeton University}} and the {{w|Institute for Advanced Study}}
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|  
 +
|  
 
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|-
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| Princeton, MA
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| Portland
 +
| ME
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
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| {{w|Richmond, Vermont|Richmond, VT}}
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| Princeton
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| {{w|Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, VA}}
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| ID
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| Richmond, VA is the capital of Virginia. It was named after {{w|Richmond,_London|the suburb of London, UK}} due to an observed similarity of the river. London's Richmond was named for the palace built there by Henry VII, itself named after the {{w|Richmond,_North_Yorkshire|market town}} and castle in the north of England that was a childhood home. That was in turn named for the {{w|Richemont,_Seine-Maritime|Normandy}} area from which the noble family came who were gifted this land for their part of the Norman Conquest of England in the 11<sup>th</sup> century. There are more than fifty settlements called Richmond across the world, directly or indirectly taking their names from one or other of the English 'originals'.
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| Roswell, GA
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| Princeton
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| {{w|Roswell, New Mexico|Roswell, NM}}
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| MA
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| Roswell, NM is the site of one of the most famous “alien coverups” in American history, and is well known for its alien-themed tourism.
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|  
 +
|  
 
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| Richmond
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| rowspan="2" | {{w|St._Louis|St. Louis, MO}}
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| VT
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| rowspan="2" | St. Louis, MO is the 2nd most populous city in the state of Missouri and has the iconic {{w|Gateway Arch}}.
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|  
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|  
 
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|-
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| Saint Louis, OK
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| Roswell
 +
| GA
 +
|
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|
 
|-
 
|-
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| rowspan="2" | Salem, CT
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| Saint  Louis
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| {{w|Salem,_Oregon|Salem, OR}}
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| MI
−
| Salem, OR is the capital of Oregon.
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|  
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|  
 
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| {{w|Salem,_Massachusetts|Salem, MA}}
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| Saint  Louis
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| Salem, MA was the location of the {{w|Salem_witch_trials|Salem witch trials}}.
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| OK
 +
|  
 +
|  
 
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|-
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| {{w|San Diego, Texas|San Diego, TX}}
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| Salem
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| {{w|San_Diego|San Diego, CA}}
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| CT
−
| San Diego, CA is the 8th most populous city in the US and the 2nd most populous in California.
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|  
 +
|  
 
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|-
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| {{w|Santa Fe, Texas|Santa Fe, TX}}
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| San Diego
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| {{w|Santa_Fe,_New_Mexico|Santa Fe, NM}}
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| TX
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| Santa Fe, NM is the capital of the state of New Mexico.
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|  
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|  
 
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|-
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| {{w|Savannah, Missouri|Savannah, MO}}
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| Santa Fe
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| {{w|Savannah, Georgia|Savannah, GA}}
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| TX
−
| Savannah, GA is the oldest city in the state of Georgia and its fifth most populous.
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|  
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|  
 
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| {{w|South_Bend,_Texas|South Bend, TX}}
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| Savannah
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| {{w|South_Bend|South Bend, IN}}
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| MO
−
| South Bend, IN is the location of {{w|University_of_Notre_Dame|the University of Notre Dame}}.
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|  
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|  
 
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| {{w|Texas, New York|Texas, NY}}
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| South Bend
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| {{w|Texas|State of Texas}}
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| TX
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| Texas, NY is a hamlet in Oswego County, NY, near the southeastern corner of Lake Ontario. It is officially part of the town of {{w|Mexico, New York|Mexico, NY}}. No plans for a wall {{fact}}.  Not to be confused with {{w|New York, Texas|New York, TX}}.
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|  
 
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| {{w|Vienna,_Maine|Vienna, ME}}
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| Texas
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| {{w|Vienna, Austria}}
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| NY
−
| Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria.
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| Mexico
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|  
 
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| ME
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| Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States. The city of Washington, NC is actually older than Washington, D.C., having been founded in 1776.
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| Washington
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| Washington is the 13th most populous U.S. state, and the only state named after a U.S. president.
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|  
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|  
 
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| {{w|White House|White House in Washington, D.C.}}
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| The White House is the official residence and office of the {{w|President_of_the_United_States|President of the United States}} in Washington, D.C.  Unlike most other places identified in this comic, the White House in D.C. is not a name of a city, but rather the name of a famous building and the grounds that the building is located on.
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==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[A typical line-drawn map projection of the United States, with discontiguous Alaska and Hawaii moved into a convenient corner.]
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::Houston
 
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::Jackson
 
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::Jamestown
 
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::Washington
 
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:OK [Oklahoma]
 
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:PA [Pennsylvania]
 
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:VT [Vermont]
 
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::Richmond
 
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::Des Moines
 
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::Atlanta
 
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:WV [West Virginia]
 
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{{comic discussion}}
 
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