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19th century German nobleman, travel blogger and expert on modern landscape Gardening Fürst Pückler has a type of ice cream named for him though (lemmy.world)
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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Wait until you learn about where the name of the month of July came from.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or August.

[–] witty_username 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or Saladuary

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's not named after Julius Cesar, though.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, but after his adopted son

[–] trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Who coincidentally liked to call himself "Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus" later in his life.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Subtility didn't run deep in this family.

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

"Subtlety is my middle name. And also my first and last name in case they miss the point.

[–] Akasazh 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Your spelling of Cesar betrays french autocorrect, yet your name German/Alpine. So I'm guessing Swiss?

[–] childOfMagenta@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Poepleguessr

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Julia Roberts??

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Julie Andrews, close though

[–] lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wasn't aware you could get a diploma in yodelling