Starbucks is named after a character in “Moby-Dick”. But the founders almost named it after the boat in “Moby-Dick”, the Pequod.
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All except one U.S. Navy battleship is named for a state – the USS Kearsarge. It’s named after a ship from the Civil War. Which was in turn named for Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire.
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