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TIL that multiple cities claim to be the “Second City of the United Kingdom”. Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, and Manchester argue for the title, as did Calcutta, Dublin, and Philadelphia in the past.

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