1Kaskaskia
The village of Kaskaskia in Illinois is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. In the early 1800s, it was on the east, and was even the state capitol for a few years, until floods moved the river and the town was left on the opposite bank from the rest of the state.
2Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is the actual real name of the 6th largest village on the island of Anglesey in Wales. It is Welsh and translates to "St. Mary's Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near To the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave."
3Nagoro
The population of the village of Nagoro in Japan decreased from 300 to a mere 27 due to depopulation so the locals started using scare-crows to substitute the people who had left or died. These scare-crows are placed everywhere (at bus stops, schools etc.). Today this village has more than 400 scare-crows.
4Ringaskiddy
Nearly 100% of the world's viagra pills are made in a small Irish village named Ringaskiddy. Locals suspect that it has gotten into the water supply as the men in the town have gotten very "excited."
5Capel Celyn
In 1965, the Welsh village of Capel Celyn and its surrounding farms were flooded in order to make a reservoir to provide water for Liverpool despite protests from the locals and the Welsh Members of Parliament.
6Qırmızı Qəsəbə
The Azerbaijani village named Qırmızı Qəsəbə is the world’s only all-Jewish town outside Israel and the USA. It is considered to be the world’s last surviving shtetl. Alongside Azerbaijani and Russian, residents also speak Judeo-Tat, the traditional language of the Mountain Jews.
7Chäs und Brot
There is a small village in Switzerland called "Chäs und Brot" (Cheese and Bread). It got its name in 1339 after Bernese troops ate cheese and bread there the evening before the battle of Laupen. The next day, they won decisively against the Burgundian army.
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8Cormorant village
In 2014, Cormorant village in Minnesota elected a dog named Duke as their mayor. Duke received all 12 votes in that year’s election and went on to serve four full terms as mayor for the township of 1,039 people. His duties included: “hanging out at the local pub, and keeping the riff-raff out.”
9Omaui
A village named Omaui in New Zealand proposed to ban all domestic cats to protect native wildlife. Because there was significant resistance from its inhabitants, officials now only allow cats as pets as long as they are desexed and microchipped.
10Malana
The village of Malana in India has strong taboos about touching anyone from outside the village, its own sacred language and an economy based on the production of strong hashish.
