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Old 07-30-2015, 01:11 PM
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A little known fact:

The Jeep trucks built during WW2 were named after a Popeye character.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_the_Jeep

The story is that the little trucks were called GP's because of their General Purpose and the troops, most of whom had read a Popeye comic strip or two, just spelled it Jeep because of its' go anywhere ability.
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