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[โ€“] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Firefox, the browser, was originally named after a red panda

Actually, it was originally named Phoenix. Then they changed it to Firebird to avoid infringing on the Phoenix BIOS company's trademark, then they changed it to Firefox because there was already a database program named Firebird.