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382Whistles t1_iwxr4vx wrote

Reply to comment by cleverlane in TIL The first house in Cleveland to have electricity got its power from the first automatic electric turbine. The turbine was built in 1888 for the home of Charles F. Brush and provide continuous power for 20 years. by jamescookenotthatone

Better question might be why we didn't continue with it for better individual identification when the population has only grown.

There were 4 people in our school with the exact same first and last names.

My dad and his cousin shared the exact same 3 names, in the same town, and at the same jr & high school, in the same grade. (nobody knew what names had been chosen).

The initial is useful. So is descendant numbering. E.g. "Thurston Howell the 3rd", or "Jr."

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