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Why was the Milky Way named after a chocolate bar?

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wildbill83 · 36-40, M
actually, the chocolate bar is named after it... 🤔
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@wildbill83 are you sure... i read somewhere that the astronomer who discovered it had just had lunch and saw the wrapper from his chocolate bar on his desk. this inspired him to name it milky way.
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
@Yulianna The Romans were however obsessed with mammary glands....they named it “via lactea” but they just stole that of the Greeks who had already named it "galaxias kyklos" maybe after the areola. IDK.

Ironically the guy who invented the milky way was called. Frank Mars. 😂😂😂
KiwiBird · 36-40, F
@wildbill83 [quote]When Frank Mars named the candy bar, he named it the Milky Way because of its milkshake-like filling.[/quote]
Yulianna · 22-25, F
@KiwiBird i don't think we have moved on much from romans... or greeks. i mean, how did those people live in all those ruins?