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Zarif Khan, an Afghan man who came to Sheridan, WY in 1909 and began peddling tamales. By 1915, he acquired the nickname Hot Tamale Louie and opened a restaurant, Louie's. In addition to his food, Khan was also famous for serving any customer, regardless of race, profession, or social class.

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There was a famous 18th century racehorse named Potoooooooo. His original name was Potatoes. Potatoes acquired the strange spelling of his nickname, Pot-8-Os, when a stable lad was asked to write it on a feed bin. The lad's version, Potoooooooo, was said to amuse his lordship so he kept it.

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1. Plato was originally called Aristocles, later acquiring the nickname Plato (meaning "broad") because of his muscular physique.

2. Before fame, Bruce Springsteen acquired his nickname "The Boss" because he took on the task of collecting the band's nightly pay from their club gigs and distributing it amongst his bandmates. Springsteen is not fond of this nickname, due to his dislike of bosses, but has tacitly accepted it.

3. Shirley Babashoff, American Olympic swimmer who acquired the nickname 'Surly Shirley' for her constant accusations that E German athletes were doping. Turns out she was right.

4. Pat was a nicknamed she acquired as a child.

5. U.S Army Special Forces aka the Green Berets acquired the nickname "Snake Eaters" due to the jungle survival practices they learned in Vietnam

6. A former president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, was so corrupt that he acquired the nickname "Mr. Ten Percent" for allegedly charging a 10% commission before agreeing to approve any project or loan.

7. A toddler named Joe Keaton acquired the nickname "Buster Keaton" after Harry Houdini saw him fall down a flight of stairs.

8. Italian King Victor Emmanuel III was just 5 feet (1.53 meters) tall and thus acquired the nickname "Sciaboletta" ("little saber").

9. Ronald Reagan acquired his lifelong nickname "The Gipper" by playing illness-stricken footballer George "The Gipper" Gipp in a 1940 movie, who on his deathbed asked his coach to "win one for the Gipper."