Kentucky
About Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort and its most populous city is Louisville. As of 2024, the state's population was approximately 4.6 million.
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There was a politician in America called Leonard Live Forever Jones. He ran for governor of Kentucky in the 1860s and he ran on a platform of being immortal. Because he was immortal, he refused any medical help of any kind and he died of a chest cold in 1868.
from 4: No Such Thing As The Mountains of Kong, 2014-03-29 at 00:12:35 · read transcript
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Arcs. The owners of the world's largest replica of Noah's Ark sued for rain damage. Ken Ham's Ark Encounter is a fundamentalist Catholic theme park in Kentucky, whose centerpiece is a full-sized replica of Noah's Ark. It's probably the largest wooden structure in the world. In 2017 and 2018, Kentucky suffered extremely heavy rains, which, while not quite heavy enough to cover the entire planet with 15 qubits of water, as happened in the Old Testament.
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I didn't realize there were also lots of moist counties. This is the official term, and it's nothing disgusting. It depends on your opinions. Like in Kentucky, there are 120 counties in Kentucky, 11 are dry, 53 are wet, and 56 are moist. Which is just like some rules. Can't drink vodka on a Wednesday, you know, don't drink beer all night long. That kind of just, you know, there's some rules around alcohol, but not many.
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There was another one who was caught by police after having a bite out of a cucumber and leaving his DNA inside the cucumber. There was a post office burglar who was caught after he tried to buy a car with £1,000 in £1 coins. There was a Kentucky burglar who was arrested after accidentally dialing his phone 911 while he was talking to an accomplice about the burglary that he was just about to do. Oh, my God.
120: No Such Thing As HMS Kevin, 2016-07-01 · listen
Have you heard about the replica Noah's Ark? No. No. So this was built in America in... Oh, when was it finished? It was finished a few years ago, but this decade. Lots of people keep building replica Noah's arcs, but this one is massive. It's in Kentucky. It cost $120 million to build. It's built by this Bible group. called Answers in Genesis. I think they're an online church. It took 700 workers.
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