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 * ...that the volcano Mount St. Helens (pictured) is named after Alleyne FitzHerbert of Derby?
 * ...that Goose Creek State Park, a North Carolina state park off Pamlico Sound, is in an inlet that once provided cover for Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet and other pirates?
 * ...that the now-Polish Gliwice Canal was known as the "Adolf Hitler Canal" during WWII?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.