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TIL Springfield from the Simpsons is commonly depicted as being located in an unnamed 51st state that exists at the tri-point of Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska. The State's Capital City is named "Capital City" and it supposedly has 2000 McDonald's Locations.

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