Archived TIL: In 1936, Stalin banned renaming places after him. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Archived TIL: In 1936, Stalin banned renaming places after him. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted ago by Techius
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[–] 8_billion_eaters 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Without doing a search... Who do you think has the most stuff named after him?
...First one to come to mind is George Washington.
[–] YRU2 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That "Road" guy sure has a lot of streets named after him.
[–] 8_billion_eaters ago
Thank God his name wasn't Woad. Then we'd all sound like we have a speech impediment.
[–] kyprioth ago
Mohammad. It's the most common name in the world, so I'm playing the odds.
[–] 5432905? ago
testing
[–] 5426026? ago
IIR, there was a suggestion to name a zeppelin "Adolf Hitler". Hitler stopped the idea because he did not want anything that was so fragile named after him. Instead the airship was named "Hindenburg".
[–] Memorexem 5 points -1 points 4 points (+4|-5) ago
Before or after Stalingrad? Lol
[–] clamhurt_legbeard 1 point 12 points 13 points (+13|-1) ago (edited ago)
10 years after.
Nice fact-checking.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
[–] Memorexem 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Being facetious to fuck around. It was named in like 1925.