Toronto canada, most multicultural city and the world
Tamworth, the GOLDEN GUITARRR and the country musical festival.
My last name is also a reasonably big town in Germany
My last name is also a reasonably big town in Germany
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Well we have Oshkosh B'Gosh,
And the E.A.A. (Experimental Aircraft Association)
Air Shows Every July
Well we have Oshkosh B'Gosh,
And the E.A.A. (Experimental Aircraft Association)
Air Shows Every July
Arbroath, Scotland
Smokies
Arbroath F.C. holds the world record for the largest winning margin in a senior football match, 36-0
Arbroath F.C. has the closest ground to the sea in Britain (and in fact in Europe)
Declaration of Arbroath, the statement of Scottish independence signed by the nobility in the 14th century.
Billy Connelly shagged his first GF in Arbroath.
Smokies
Arbroath F.C. holds the world record for the largest winning margin in a senior football match, 36-0
Arbroath F.C. has the closest ground to the sea in Britain (and in fact in Europe)
Declaration of Arbroath, the statement of Scottish independence signed by the nobility in the 14th century.
Billy Connelly shagged his first GF in Arbroath.
Being Germany's "medical capital", Erlangen is famous around the world (and especially around the American soldiers who were based here until 1993 ) for its big beerfest, called the Erlangen Bergkirchweih:
English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergkirchweih
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlangen
German:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergkirchweih
Cheers!
English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergkirchweih
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlangen
German:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergkirchweih
Cheers!
Mormons, Mormon missionaries, and polygamists.
Pullman, WA is known for beer and Washington State University (but mostly beer).
Fun Fact:
.02% of the population of the US lives in Pullman...
9.5% of all Busch beer IN THE WORLD is sold in Pullman...
Fun Fact:
.02% of the population of the US lives in Pullman...
9.5% of all Busch beer IN THE WORLD is sold in Pullman...
the lowest place on land on earth
nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel
nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel
Chelmsford. birthplace of radio, and 2nd most populated by Chavs. (southend wins 1st honour)
Glorious Rolla, MO.
Most alcohol consumed per capita of anywhere in the world, on St. Patrick's Day (props to UMR, Ft. Wood, drunken yokels...). This was apparently confirmed one year in the past (might even be in the Guinness Book of Records), but I'm not sure if it still holds true.
But it might.
Oh and some crazy just claimed to have anthrax and a bomb in a bizarre attempted suicide-by-police attempt here...you might have seen it on the news. (Once again, big props to UMR)
Most alcohol consumed per capita of anywhere in the world, on St. Patrick's Day (props to UMR, Ft. Wood, drunken yokels...). This was apparently confirmed one year in the past (might even be in the Guinness Book of Records), but I'm not sure if it still holds true.
But it might.
Oh and some crazy just claimed to have anthrax and a bomb in a bizarre attempted suicide-by-police attempt here...you might have seen it on the news. (Once again, big props to UMR)
Orlando, FL
Disney
Universal Studios
And 8,000 other tourist traps
that's pretty much it
Disney
Universal Studios
And 8,000 other tourist traps
that's pretty much it
not all of us are LDS.Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:
Mormons, Mormon missionaries, and polygamists.
the 2002 winter olympics, and recently a shooting spree at a mall.
JPL
CALTECH
The Rose Bowl/Parade
the super soaker was invented here
CALTECH
The Rose Bowl/Parade
the super soaker was invented here
Wharton, NJ.
The first man to play Superman in a movie, Christopher Reeve, was born here.
The first man to play Superman in a movie, Christopher Reeve, was born here.
Jacksonville, FL. Home of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Limp Bizkit, Yellowcard, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, .38 Special, and some other stuff. I just moved here a year ago, haha. Originally from Chicago, and well, too much to list there.
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Mechanicsburg, PA nothing cool happened but we've had some famous people either lived or went to school here like Andrew Kevin Walker(screenwriter for 8mm and Seven), John Ritchie(NFL player), Stacy Williams(supermodel), Bret Michaels and Rikki Rocket(Poison bleh).
Richmond, Virginia, US
One of the Capitals of the Confederacy during the US Civil War
One of the Capitals of the Confederacy during the US Civil War
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USA's biggest rice mill (2nd in the world I think) and the Westside School Shooting back in 98'.
Welcome to Jonesboro, AR.
Welcome to Jonesboro, AR.
the tramtunnel. The Hagues own skyline :S
My town takes the cake.
On Aug.16, 1992, TV personality Geraldo Rivera and his entourage sauntered into the small city of Janesville to attend a white supremacist rally hosted by a local Ku Klux Klan member. Rivera scuffled with one of the supremacists, and the Janesville Police charged him with battery.
search janesville, wisconsin on google and you'll see a little wikipedia thing on it. I couldn't find a whole lot so meh. Makes our town look like a bunch of racist pigs, where the truth is the guy who held the ONE KKK rally here wasn't even from Wisconsin. Oh well, w/e
On Aug.16, 1992, TV personality Geraldo Rivera and his entourage sauntered into the small city of Janesville to attend a white supremacist rally hosted by a local Ku Klux Klan member. Rivera scuffled with one of the supremacists, and the Janesville Police charged him with battery.
search janesville, wisconsin on google and you'll see a little wikipedia thing on it. I couldn't find a whole lot so meh. Makes our town look like a bunch of racist pigs, where the truth is the guy who held the ONE KKK rally here wasn't even from Wisconsin. Oh well, w/e
Nah, my town takes the cake and the whole party.
My town is famous for child prostitution, lack of drinking age, lack of driving age, transvestitism, and piracy.
My town is famous for child prostitution, lack of drinking age, lack of driving age, transvestitism, and piracy.
singlish
multi-racial/culture
nothing much really
multi-racial/culture
nothing much really
"Bullhead Capital of the World" it's on the sign entering Waterville, MN. - Grew up there.
Largest mass hanging in US history was performed here, 38 American Indians hanged following an uprising. Mankato, MN - Living here.
Largest mass hanging in US history was performed here, 38 American Indians hanged following an uprising. Mankato, MN - Living here.
"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" - Barack Obama (a freshman senator from Illinios)
I live in Lancaster, Ohio, which is pretty much known for four things
1. Home of General William Tecumseh Sherman
2. 10 years ago some guy got arrested for having a sample of bubonic plague in his house (which he had ordered through the mail somehow).
3. My high school's baseball team hired a couple of strippers while staying at a hotel during tournaments. The coach was fired and a lot of the players were kicked off the team. The story even made Howard Stern.
4. The town sheriff, Gary Demastery, was cought laundering about $100,000 and put in jail for 5 years.
Ah man, my town needs a better reputation
1. Home of General William Tecumseh Sherman
2. 10 years ago some guy got arrested for having a sample of bubonic plague in his house (which he had ordered through the mail somehow).
3. My high school's baseball team hired a couple of strippers while staying at a hotel during tournaments. The coach was fired and a lot of the players were kicked off the team. The story even made Howard Stern.
4. The town sheriff, Gary Demastery, was cought laundering about $100,000 and put in jail for 5 years.
Ah man, my town needs a better reputation
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