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Igel

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31. Since it's only 3 miles away from the Albanian coast,

Reply to ColoringFool (Reply #22)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:17 AM

12 hrs ago

and in the strait between the Adriatic and Mediterranean, it's hardly in the "middle of the Mediterranean. either.

Per media, Platner's business partner's family owns Ingall's Island, in the waters around which they harvest their oysters. Not much on the island, as far as Google maps shows. (Maybe one day we can all own our own island?)

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