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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Fact of the Day: Philadelphia Jordan
The middle eastern county of Jordan's capital Amman was once known as Philadelphia.
It's really interesting to learn where the names of our cities and states have come from.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea the name had ancient origins. Shows how much I read the New Testament.
ReplyDeleteWOw. Cool to know!
ReplyDeleteGuess it moved a longs ways, in name anyway
ReplyDeleteI always love it when I hear same city names all over the world...like this:)
ReplyDeleteInteresting.
ReplyDeleteLooks pretty!
ReplyDeleteI would have never guessed that.
ReplyDeleteWell, I definitely didn't know that before today!
ReplyDeletewell, damn...didn't know that.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting fact.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding!
ReplyDeleteWow! Now that is really cool!
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