→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Most Thermostats in Office Buildings Do Nothing https://youtu.be/oDXdIqe6c8w?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF The Man Who Personally Executed Over 7000 People in 28 Days https://youtu.be/hhsO5XNDcR8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR In this video: The man behind the name is Edwin Hubble. Born in 1886, Hubble enjoyed books like Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, perhaps a prelude to his lifelong dedication to science and astronomy. His family initially lived in Missouri, but moved to Chicago when he was just ten years old. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/02/hubble-telescope-named/ Sources: http://www.mtwilson.edu/his/art/g1a4.php http://www.biography.com/people/edwin-hubble-9345936 http://www.edwinhubble.com/hubble_bio_001.htm https://www.spacetelescope.org/about/history/the_man_behind_the_name/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble