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Running in North Carolina and Beyond

Looking for a good running spot in the Old North State? Here are my opinions.

You can explore different parks and trails ranked by Ben Score, a combination of “runnability,” scenery, and solitude.

How many US states have you been to? My rule is that I have to run, hike, or bike in a state for it to count. Here’s my current map.

How many US counties have you been to? I’ve been to this many.

Tracking the number of US counties you have been to is fun! You can join me by signing up for an account here: mob-rule.com

By the way, there are 3,144 counties… but not everyone would agree. See why it’s complicated here.

List of animals with fraudulent diplomas (importantly this article certainly does not include humorous diplomas such as a “dogtorate.” That would be silly. This is all serious fraud.)
Rotating locomotion in living systems (Too bad these aren’t more common)
Kentucky meat shower (Long story short, unidentified meat fell from the sky)
The Spooklight (a mysterious ghostly light that’s probably actually just headlights)
The Republic of Kinney (a 325-person town in Minnesota that tried to declare war on the USA)
The Norwegian Butter Crisis (Oh, the humanity!)
Ol’ Rip the Horned Toad (Lazarus and Rip Van Winkle have nothing on this 31-year snoozer)
Dyatlov Pass Incident (Don’t read this before bed!)
Zenzizenzizenzic (it “doeth represent the square of squares squaredly“)
Raising of Chicago (Yeah — raising… not razing)
Great Molasses Flood (Molasses travels at 35 mph in January)
List of Unusual Units of Measurement
and List of Humorous Units of Measurement
Ten Cent Beer Night (WHO thought this was a good idea???)
Photic Sneeze Reflex (It’s real!)
Handling Salmon in Suspicious Circumstances is illegal
Interstate 19 (It’s all metric!)
Phantom Kangaroos (why do we need an article for this?)
List of Fictional Ungulates (again, why?)
Peanut Hole (Naturally, it’s full of fish… or at least it used to be)
Suggest an article to add. I’ll add it if I like it!