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In search of Dambo's

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What is it about me and lists? As soon as someone mentions "Have you been to every.." or "Have you seen all the...?", then that becomes a thing that I must absolutely do or see. It's pathological, really. Don't believe me? How's about a list. *Countries: It started innocently enough with someone asking how many countries I'd been to. Now, it's an obsessive quest that has me researching countries most sane people have never heard of. Current count: 135 *US States: Similar origin story to counting countries. This one had me recently dragging friends across the Dakotas to complete 50 out of 50.  *US National Parks: Whoever came up with the National Parks passport knew exactly what they were doing. All those blank pages just waiting to be stamped speak to me. They've led me to convince a group of people that we need to rent a car and drive halfway around the island because there is a US National Park in Guam. Current count: 29 *Pokemon Go: "...