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MonstahButtonz t1_iy24585 wrote

If Lake Titicaca can deal with its name, Sexmoan could've stayed.

Or Dildo Canada. Or Bumpass Virginia. Gobblers Knob Pennsylvania. Just a few off the top nof my head I learned about from Reddit over the years.

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Cthulhu_Leviathan t1_iy2c0e0 wrote

The only problem with that is, according to the article, "Sexmoan" was the colonial bastardization and mispronounciation of "Sasmuan" by the Spanish.

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shingofan t1_iy259fx wrote

Hell, there's a street here in Toronto called Cummer Avenue. I'm surprised there aren't more jokes about it.

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Sarcastic_Chad t1_iy35wc5 wrote

I grew up not far from a country road called "Omo" and the street sign never stayed up for very long 🤷‍♂️

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Cappin t1_iy35bz0 wrote

“Old Cummer” train station is just hilarious to me

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Karmic_Hazard t1_iy26i0h wrote

Don't forget about Mianus in Connecticut. There's lots of things to do in Mianus.

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shrye t1_iy2ptyx wrote

Now i want to know what's older: the discovery and naming of Mianus or Uranus.

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Karmic_Hazard t1_iy2r4yv wrote

The valley of Mianus was "discovered" in the early 1600s. Uranus was discovered on March 13, 1781.

I guess in terms of discovery, Mianus is older. But Uranus is more popular.

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BrokenEye3 t1_iy2rnxe wrote

The name Uranus is definitely older, being an ancient Greek primordial sky god.

Curiously, Uranus is the only one of the planets to be named after the Greek version of a god rather than the Roman one. Uranus's Roman equivalent is called Caelus, a name wholely unlikely to inspire any lewd jokes.

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