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Why Mapmakers Put Fake Towns on Their Maps in the 1920s — and the One That Became Real

Open Culture 31 July 2026 22h ago
Why Mapmakers Put Fake Towns on Their Maps in the 1920s — and the One That Became Real
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Open Culture readers may know John Green best for Crash Course, the YouTube channel that teaches everything you need to know about subjects like world history, U.S. history, big history, literature, and philosophy. Or at least it teaches everything a teenage student facing down the prospect of Advanced Placement subject exams needs to know. Such […]
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