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Illinois governor declares Lake Michigan is now Lake Illinois (www.wilx.com)

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (6 children)

For the record, I do delare, that the Best Lake be named for the Best State. So now, hence forth and forever, Lake Superior shall be known as Lake Minnesota.

And Canadians, if you have a problem with that, shoulda renamed it faster.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 34 points 4 months ago (3 children)

We already did — it’s named after Canada. Why did you think it was called Lake Superior?

[–] alquicksilver@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Careful, we won't have burn units here in the US for much longer.

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