Aviation relies on so-called "waypoints" — geographic coordinates in the sky that help with navigation. And all the waypoints are named with five-letter designations, sometimes funny and odd.

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Information on the world’s waypoints seems hard to come by unless you are actually plotting a flight route but one stand-out marker designated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the ...