• TIMMAY@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Illinois calls itself the “land of lincoln” and he isnt even from there, just worked there for a while.

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      6 months ago

      Ohio and North Carolina have a license plate beef over the Wright Brothers. They lived and worked in Ohio (“Birthplace of Aviation”), but the first flight was in Kitty Hawk because of the steady winds (“First in Flight”).