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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: April 20, 2016, 05:39:41 PM »
Quote from: Gunnar Larsson on April 20, 2016, 05:26:42 PM
Not sure if it fits your question, but I find it quite amusing that the "Calif" bit in "California" likely is related to "caliph" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calafia). It is hardly an utopia for ISIS and their kind..

Now that's a caliphate I can get behind! Cheesy
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