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      <title>This Is Michigan’s Most Popular Last Name</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:36:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Do you have the most popular last name in Michigan? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/84/p/this-is-michigans-most-popular-last-name/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you have the most popular last name in Michigan? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/84/p/this-is-michigans-most-popular-last-name/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>What Do You Call A Person From Kalamazoo?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most cities, it's easy to give a person a title, but what do you call a person from Kalamazoo? <a href="https://wgrd.com/what-do-you-call-a-person-from-kalamazoo/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Most cities, it&apos;s easy to give a person a title, but what do you call a person from Kalamazoo? <a href="https://wgrd.com/what-do-you-call-a-person-from-kalamazoo/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Have You Ever Wanted To Name A Snowplow?</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Have you ever wanted to name something people see every single day? Or, maybe you're the special sort of crazy that would rather name something people see every single day AFTER YOURSELF! <a href="https://wgrd.com/new-snow-plow-jackson/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Have you ever wanted to name something people see every single day? Or, maybe you&apos;re the special sort of crazy that would rather name something people see every single day AFTER YOURSELF! <a href="https://wgrd.com/new-snow-plow-jackson/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Quaker Oats is getting rid of Aunt Jemima, an image they say, was &quot;based on a racial stereotype.&quot; <a href="https://wgrd.com/quaker-oats-getting-rid-of-the-aunt-jemima-brand/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[Name the mouse by the end of January. <a href="https://wgrd.com/help-name-the-frankenmuth-cheese-haus-mouse/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Name the mouse by the end of January. <a href="https://wgrd.com/help-name-the-frankenmuth-cheese-haus-mouse/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Lansing Zoo Holding Contest to Name Rare Baby Rhino</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2020 18:28:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On Christmas Eve, Lansing's Potter Park Zoo celebrated the birth of a rare black rhino calf. Now they're looking for help naming the little guy! <a href="https://wgrd.com/lansing-zoo-holding-contest-to-name-rare-baby-rhino/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On Christmas Eve, Lansing&apos;s Potter Park Zoo celebrated the birth of a rare black rhino calf. Now they&apos;re looking for help naming the little guy! <a href="https://wgrd.com/lansing-zoo-holding-contest-to-name-rare-baby-rhino/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>What Kind of ArtPrize Entry Are You? Take the Quiz!</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:22:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Are you an educational dragon painting? A political beer mural? Something else? Find out! <a href="https://wgrd.com/whats-your-artprize-entry-take-the-quiz/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Are you an educational dragon painting? A political beer mural? Something else? Find out! <a href="https://wgrd.com/whats-your-artprize-entry-take-the-quiz/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Lowell Showboat Name Change – FBHW Segment 16</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some people are unhappy. As usual. <a href="https://wgrd.com/lowell-showboat-name-change-fbhw-segment-16/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some people are unhappy. As usual. <a href="https://wgrd.com/lowell-showboat-name-change-fbhw-segment-16/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 23:49:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Every time.  Every Starschmucks.  You place your order, pay way too much for whatever you're going to drink, and wait for the "barista" to boil some water with beans and put it in a cup.
And then you see the name they wrote on your cup, and it looks like it was written by a 3-year-old with only a tenuous grasp of the english language.
This parody video attempts to turn that experience in <a href="https://wgrd.com/ever-wonder-why-the-starbucks-people-cant-seem-to-spell-your-name/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Every time.  Every Starschmucks.  You place your order, pay way too much for whatever you're going to drink, and wait for the &quot;barista&quot; to boil some water with beans and put it in a cup.
And then you see the name they wrote on your cup, and it looks like it was written by a 3-year-old with only a tenuous grasp of the english language.
This parody video attempts to turn that experience in <a href="https://wgrd.com/ever-wonder-why-the-starbucks-people-cant-seem-to-spell-your-name/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <media:description xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">Yes, that is apparently my name in Starschmucks-land (Johnnie Walker)</media:description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:31:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Typically, when people are interviewed for the news, they're asked to say their name and spell it out. That way, when the news airs, they can flash your name up on the screen to identify you. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-the-most-complicated-name-spelling-ever-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Typically, when people are interviewed for the news, they&apos;re asked to say their name and spell it out. That way, when the news airs, they can flash your name up on the screen to identify you. <a href="https://wgrd.com/free-beer-hot-wings-the-most-complicated-name-spelling-ever-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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