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WRONG_ABOUT_BOSTON t1_j9yfj30 wrote

Interesting Fact: Kenmore Square is named in honor of the original factory of Kenmore brand appliances. The Kenmore company got its start manufacturing sewing machines a building where the building that supports the Citgo sign now stands.

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charons-voyage t1_j9ygfb3 wrote

That’s actually how “Citgo” got its name, because workers on the sewing machines would “sit and go”.

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Baroque-Croak89198 t1_j9zl1ia wrote

I don’t think that’s true: “In 1959, the remaining oil and natural gas companies were reformed as Cities Service Oil Company. In 1964, Cities Service changed its marketing brand by introducing the name CITGO — keeping the first syllable of its name and ending with GO to imply power, according to the CITGO website.” source

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charons-voyage t1_j9zm4ij wrote

Yeah right, now you’re gonna tell me that San Diego doesn’t mean whale’s vagina in German.

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