• ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc
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    20 days ago

    TIL Province Wellesley (Seberang Prai) was named after the guy who later became Duke of Wellington, the guy who defeated Napoleon.

    And it was not random, he and a boatload of soldiers stopped at Penang while on a naval mission.