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In Dispute: The "Baby Ruth" candy bar was named for George "Babe" Ruth. Duh.

In Dispute: ...It was really named for US president Grover Cleveland's oldest daughter.

The candy bar was given its name in 1921, some 17 years after Ruth Cleveland died at the age of 13, but at the time Babe Ruth was already a 'mythic figure'. The Curtiss Candy Company claimed (apparently two completely different) connections with Ruth Cleveland, and denied any link with Babe Ruth, which meant they paid nothing to The Babe. This seems ... suspicious, to many, but is undisprovable.


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