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  2. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Unusual names have caused issues for scientists explaining genetic diseases to lay-people, such as when an individual is affected by a gene with an offensive or insensitive name. [13] This has particularly been noted in patients with a defect in the sonic hedgehog gene pathway and the disease formerly named CATCH22 for "cardiac anomaly, T-cell ...

  3. The Best Group Chat Names - AOL

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    XOXO, Gossip Girl. The Southside Serpents. LGBT-Cuties. Birds of a Feather. Peas in a Pod. Girl Gang. Girls, Gals, and Nonbinary Pals. Besties for the Resties. Name a More Iconic Duo (or Trio) The ...

  4. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    The name derives from the practice of counting noses at the orphanage. On top of that, Kanake is coincidentally a German slur towards immigrants. Kandi: The name of a few different places, the biggest one being in Benin. Kandos: An Australian town that may give a few Estonians a bit of a laugh.

  5. The infernal names - Wikipedia

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    The Infernal Names is a compiled list of adversarial or antihero figures from mythology intended for use in Satanic ritual. The following names are as listed in The Satanic Bible (1969), written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey . [ 1 ]

  6. List of people, clan, and place names in Germanic heroic ...

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    The name is from MHG trache (dragon) and felse ("rock, cliff, stronghold on a mountain"); the form in the Þiðreks saga may show Middle Low German influence. [69] The Þiðreks saga locates the giant Ecke here. The name only occurs in the Þiðreks saga, but other indications suggest that the Ecke legend was placed on the Rhine in German ...

  7. List of fictional European countries - Wikipedia

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    Latveria: a kingdom in the Fantastic Four comic-book series ruled by tyrannical Doctor Doom. Latvislavia: fictional European country in Donald Duck. Known of its national football team. Laurania: the republic in Savrola (A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania) by Winston Churchill. Laurentia: kingdom in the stage musical King's Rhapsody and ...

  8. List of fictional secret police and intelligence organizations

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    Earth Kingdom capital of Ba Sing Se: Avatar: The Last Airbender and "The Legend of Korra: Animated TV Death Eaters: Voldemort's terroristic and power-hungry elite of paramilitary death squads consisting of upper-class dark wizards and witches whose deadly agenda is to wipe out and kill all muggle-born people and establish a new society of pure ...

  9. List of ghosts - Wikipedia

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    Emily, the ghost of a young girl who supposedly haunts a covered bridge in Stowe, Vermont. The bridge is dubbed "Emily's Bridge" and she is said to be seen only at midnight; Oscar Washburn, the ghost of a black goat farmer who allegedly haunts Old Alton Bridge in Copper Canyon, Texas. He is commonly known as "the Goatman" as he is said to ...