Some Surprising Eponyms

[eirefrance]

Boycott, too. Irish tenants refused to do any work for Charles Boycott after he evicted his existing tenants.

[GriffinK]

Eugenius Outerbridge is the most bombastically whimsical name I’ve ever heard

[andistansbury]

"Outerbridge, you genius!"
"Yes?"

[MeWXF]

I can’t believe Leonard Fuchs. Good for him honestly

[Pickler]

His head just floating around was scaring me the whole time

[cherryfruit]

Let's all take a moment to thank John YouTube. Without him we couldn't watch this video.

[tristandaries]

Michael has finally ascended past a need for a physical form, he’s only materialising his head so we can hear him talk out of courtesy

[last_fantasy]

Leonhart fuchs is the reason our species went this far

[thewilddoge]

I was devastated when Taco Bell wasn’t named after someone named Taco.

[SamBowers]

Running was invented by Thomas J. Running when he tried to walk twice at the same time

[ChessedGamon]

The sneeze was invented by Albert J. Sneeze when he tried to breathe twice at once.

[Avaxw]

Let’s not forget Johnquavias S. Water. Without him, we’d be dead!

[HussainRaza-uvob]

Vsauce is so powerful he managed to disassociate himself from his body and survive with only his head

[PastaMasta]

Everyone give a round of applause to Sarah J. Chair, thanks to her we no longer have to stand all the time.

[ВгостяхуЭндеркинга]

Eugenius Outerbridge sounds like one of those unrealistic names used in cartoons for “I own a manor” level of rich characters

[MinhAIPet]

Suicide is name after Roman emperor Suicidus. He died trying to repeatedly stabbing himself.

[ItsShatter]

I thought he was making a joke with the Eugenius Outerbridge one.

[TableandtheChair]

"jesse, we need to bake" -walter baker

[HYPRBYT-pn]

We don’t acknowledge Daniel Earth enough. Without him, almost nothing we know could ever exist.

[Thewholetree]

Thanks to you, I Now understand how to properly spell the word fuchsia after 45 years of getting it wrong. I never made the connection between the German word for fox and the color. Thank you thank you thank you❤❤❤❤❤