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In the 1930's, a map-making company put a "phantom settlement" called Agloe on their map, a location that didn't really exist, but was included as a trap to catch anyone plagiarizing their work. Two decades later, Rand McNally put out a map that included Agloe as well, and the original company sought to sue them for plagiarism. However, to their astonishment, a tiny settlement had actually come together at that location and named themselves Agloe after seeing that name on the map.