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The U.S. Geographical Survey determined a point near the town of Rugby, North Dakota, was a center of North America in 1931.
Locals erected a 4,6 m tall rock obelisk marking the center, which was later moved to a slightly different location due to the expansion of US Highway 2 in 1971.
Rugby was founded in 1886 and today it has a population of 2,500 people.
The tallest man in the world ever, Clifford Thompson, claiming to be 2,62 m tall, was born in Rugby.
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expansion: the increase of something.
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