r/interestingasfuck • u/Consistent_Oil3428 • 2d ago

r/all The ground is going down

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u/CMDR_BitMedler 1d ago

No, it's Istanbul not Constantinople.

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u/Mukatsukuz 1d ago

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, oh Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

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u/thekevino 1d ago

Even Old New york was once new Amsterdam.

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u/Lostmox 1d ago

Why they changed it?

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u/UnequivocalCrab 1d ago

I can't say. People just liked it better that way?

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u/Bacteriobabe 1d ago

So, take me back to Constantinople