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Potoooooooo (en.m.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago by LeftRedditOnJul1@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine winning over 25 races, placing higher than some of the most prominent racehorses of your time, going on to be an important sire, and you're still best known for your name being Potatoes but spelled funny

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I imagine the horse doesn't care because he's a horse.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

A hypothesis worth considering to be sure, but let's not be hasty