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Facts in category: Names
| Abe Silverstein, who headed NASA's Space Flight Development Program, proposed the name Apollo for the space exploration programs in the 1960's. He chose that legendary Greek name because the virile Apollo was a god who rode through the skies in a magnificent golden chariot. The precedent of naming manned spacecraft for mythological gods had been set earlier with Project Mercury, also named by Silverstein. |
| Trivia is the Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds and the crossroads. |
| The name "cappuccino" was given to the drink, because the froth peaks resembled the hoods of Capuchin Monks. |
| Sailor, Dead Leaf, Paper Kite, Blue Striped Crow, Julia and Great Egg Fly are all names of butterflies. |
| The name for insect poop is frass. |
| It is possible for any American citizen to give whatever name he or she chooses to any unnamed mountain or hill in the United States. |
| The ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, should always be written as QE2. QEII is the actual queen. |
| Jack is the most common name in nursery rhymes. |
| "Jaws" is the most common name for a goldfish. |
| In some (maybe all) Asian countries, the family name is written first and the individual name written second. |
| Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts. |
| Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God. |
| The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley. |
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