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TIL Berry College, a private liberal arts college in Mount Berry community adjacent to Rome, Georgia, holds the world record for the largest campus at 27,000 acres - including fields, forests and Lavender Mountain. It was founded on values based on Christian principles by Martha Berry in 1902.

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