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Things Unexpectedly Named After People | Better HN

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vghaisasOP2y ago

A few I found particularly surprising:

- PageRank (Larry Page)

- Debian (two people named Deb and Ian)

- German chocolate cake (Samuel German)

Would also love to learn about more of these!

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