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Well, they should have known better. When they were searching a name for a bridge close to the new Wembley Stadium, german fans hijacked the Poll and voted for "Dietmar Hamann Bridge", a german national soccer player.

Also, in a small town in germany, people voted for a "Bud Spencer Tunnel". As a concession, the city council named the local swimming pool for him, after they found out he had been training there when a olympic swimmer prior to his acting career.




In Australia - we have a swimming pool named after a former Prime Minister.... who drowned while in office.

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


Porto's main airport is named after a former prime minister who died in a plane crash while flying to that airport.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_S%C3%A1_Carneiro_...




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