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Victorian Salad (lemmy.nz)
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Context: Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Ponte y Palacios Blanco also known as Simón Bolívar was a revolutionary figure and namesake for the country of Bolivia.

The Victorian Era is named after Queen Victoria and her depressing clothing choices.

Caesar Salad is named after a Mexican Italian chef, Caesar Cardini. Who is well known for overseeing the Roman Republics collapse into an empire.

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[-] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 days ago

The calendar is named after

Gregory XIII, unless you still use the Julian calendar.

[-] Beacon@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

Ah i got them mixed up, good catch. Still he had the entire calendar named after him.

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