English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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In the UK, there's a guy named 'Major Dickie Head'.
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There is a city called "Batman" in Turkey.
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On some poorly researched trivia lists it is stated as a fact that a pregnant goldfish is called a twit. This is not true as goldfish lay eggs.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was named Leonardo because his pregnant mother was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in a museum in Italy when DiCaprio first kicked.
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