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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. [14] 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. List of irregularly spelled English names - Wikipedia

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    This list does not include place names in the United Kingdom or the United States, or places following spelling conventions of non-English languages. For UK place names, see List of irregularly spelled places in the United Kingdom. For US place names, see List of irregularly spelled places in the United States.

  4. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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    A weird phenomenon in Russian history for all the fake kings that they once had. One, in reality, did become a ruler. Glass delusion: Believing oneself to be made of glass was quite in vogue among Renaissance-era European nobility. Gilles de Rais: Friend of Joan of Arc, and convicted serial killer. The Great Cheese Riot

  5. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A town in Texas famous for its unusual name after painter Cohn Cohen Hoover was hired to paint two bells, with one saying "Ding", and the other bell saying "Dong". This town is also located in a very "resonant"-sounding area of its U.S. state. Dingle: A town in County Kerry, Ireland, it is the only town on the Dingle Peninsula.

  6. 7 Weird Food Names You Didn’t Know Existed - AOL

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    1. Ladyfingers, Heels of Bread, and Other Body Parts in Food. There is a stunning amount of food with human body part terminology. Heels of bread, ears of corn, heads of lettuce, toes of garlic ...

  7. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...

  8. BabyCenter releases list of names 'heading for extinction' in ...

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    Looking for baby names inspo: See list of most popular names. Millennial, royal family-inspired names on their way out. Catherine, Jaden, Anne, Phillip, Jamal and Esteban are some of the names ...

  9. List of historical common names - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of historical common names. Names may have been changed because they were considered pejorative. Names may have been changed because they were considered pejorative. Places