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Truth! When western explorer Father Marquette asked the Peoria Indians what the rival tribe across the river was called the guy he was talking to replied "The Moingoana" which Father Marquette took at face value but which actually means "The Sh*tfaces". And from The Moingoana we get Des Moines.

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