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Though most might be unaware, the US state of California was named after a place that doesn't exist outside of literature, similar to Narnia. "California" comes from a novel written in the Spanish Golden Age.
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Annette talks about the Wild West, and takes us to a famous gold mining town in South Dakota that was an important part of United States history.
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Annette visits the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon. A highlight of the collection is a plane that appeared in a very famous movie.
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United Kingdom
A humorous look at American English from a British point of view.
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Nursery rhymes are for children. The rhyme about Humpty Dumpty, however, is so famous that it's been used in literary and cinematic contexts as well.
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USA
Many secrets remain surrounding the creation of Stonehenge. Archaeologists try to unravel the mystery.
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