`  == Kentucky's alleged existence ==  It has come to my attention that the namesake of this article is actually not a canonical U.S. state, and that all references to Kentucky are cover-ups. The 50 stars on the flag, the falsified historical accounts of Kentucky, everything. Kentucky is not real, and the land that is within the borders of ``Kentucky`` actually belongs to Tennessee. This makes a total of 49 states in the union. :That is absolutely correct.   `