
This (full version here) is what you get when you let Google's autocomplete make phrases based on the names of the states. Montana... Fishburne?
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This (full version here) is what you get when you let Google's autocomplete make phrases based on the names of the states. Montana... Fishburne?
Via FlowingData

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