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larsrc
on Feb 22, 2024
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Things unexpectedly named after people (2020)
Hoover:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hoover_Company
larsrc
on Feb 22, 2024
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My bad, not actually surprising. The word Hoover came from the name, didn't exist before.
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