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TIL: Thanks to a 1665 idea of King Charles II (and to river-meandering), there's a cut-off 5-mile lobe of Kentucky that's not connected to any of Kentucky; it's all surrounded by other states (Missouri & Tennessee). Fewer than 20 people live in this "bubble" of KY ("Bubbleland" AKA "Kentucky Bend").

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