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TIL The streets of Iqaluit, Nunavut didn't have names until the Queen paid an official visit in 2002 when the city renamed the Ring Road to Queen Elizabeth II Way. She also wondered if Iqaluit streets ran in a north-south, east-west grid pattern, as they do in some European cities

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