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The towns of Dull, Scotland, and Boring, Oregon, became sister cities in 2012.

“One of the things our communities share is the weather,” Boring journalist Jim Hart told the BBC. “We get a lot of rain and snow every year.”

UPDATE! Now the Australian town of Bland has joined them, creating a “trinity of tedium.”

April 21, 2013April 3, 2025 | Trivia

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