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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7846592, member: 10461&quot;]I guess there must be some historical links between Bern in Switzerland and Anhalt-Bernberg in Germany, since “Bern” is in both their names, and their heraldic crests are so <i>beary</i> similar.&nbsp; But I have not presently gone down the Wikipedia rabbit hole on that topic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given my propensity for Wikipedia link-hopping, I’d probably start out in Bern or Anhalt-Bernberg, only to find myself reading about ancient Etruscan basketweaving techniques or some exotic citrus fruit or endangered marsupial two hours later, having completely forgotten where I began. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>“Wikipedia freefall”, I call it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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