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Mill Ends was started by an Irish immigrant who spent so long looking at an unfinished lamppost hole that he finally decided to do something about it.
Fun story about Mill Ends: At one point, the people in charge of the second smallest park, in England, petitioned to have Mill Ends stripped of its title due to the fact that it ‘didn’t have a fence’. The very next day a dollhouse fence appeared in the park.
Another fun story about Mill Ends: according to its creator, it has a colony of leprechauns living in it, the only colony outside of Ireland. He would periodically write about their adventures.