Boca Raton facts
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There was a failed Japanese settlement (Yamato Colony) in what is now Boca Raton, Florida
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The Florida city Boca Raton doesn't translate to "Rat's Mouth," but rather, as an investigation of old Spanish maritime dictionaries shows, "a shallow inlet of sharp-pointed rocks which scrape a ship's cables".
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I learned about Africa USA - a free roaming wildlife tourist attraction in Boca Raton that was chosen over Disneyland to be on the cover of August 1 1960 issue of LIFE Magazine
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Jack "Superthief" MacLean, who stole millions in cash and jewelery over hundreds of burglaries in Florida and Arizona during the 70s and 80s, was connected by DNA to two '76-'77 rapes in Boca Raton and is suspected of having perpetrated numerous others as the caped "Gentle Rapist".
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A more appropriate translation of Boca Raton than "mouse's mouth" is "a shallow inlet of sharp-pointed rocks that scrape a ship's cables."
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Boca Raton residents Marc and Jennifer Bell take in 70 foster kids following Hurricane Irma