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Why is that necessary in the name?

🐢 5d ago

Because it is a district carved out of two states by the federal gov that is independent of said states

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tanel 5d ago

that sounds weird as hell

🐢 5d ago

It was the deal they made when they decided to move the capital from New York. Which was a compromise they came up with that got individual states out of debt as the federal gov assumed it

tanel 5d ago

wait, whaaaaa

new york used to be the capital?!?

TheRupertDamnit 5d ago

So was Philadelphia for a bit. Along with a handful of other places.

tanel 5d ago

huh, how long ago was this?

🐢 5d ago

1780s-1810ish

liminal 🦠 5d ago

it's been a few decades

₿☻Ḷↁ 5d ago

It is where the Great George Washington was inaugurated as a the first president of the USA on April 30th 1789

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tanel 5d ago

huh, today i learned

₿☻Ḷↁ 5d ago

tanel 5d ago

turn it into a globe, and it's perfect ser

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TheGrinder 5d ago

It is a little weird. It means that the government is not part of the united states.

tanel 5d ago

so it's a separate entity? how do you visualise it as a mind map?

₿☻Ḷↁ 5d ago

tanel 5d ago

yes