MaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the U.S state of Rhode Island changed its name in 2020, and was the first state to ever do sowww.polgeonow.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTIL the U.S state of Rhode Island changed its name in 2020, and was the first state to ever do sowww.polgeonow.comMaiionPostBot@chat.maiion.comB to c/TodayILearned@chat.maiion.comEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Rhode, Island, the smallest US state by area, actually had a longer official name until last year: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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