# Misread thread titles

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 11, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093 "2017-09-11T22:38:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/301 "2022-01-17T16:53:08Z")

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[James Watt Space Telescope successfully launches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-webb-space-telescope-successfully-launches/956624/20)

Why the @#$% would they name a telescope after Reagan’s interior secretary whom everybody hated?  
Oops. Watt, Webb, whatever.

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