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TIL Nike wanted to call their first shoe design 'Aztec', but Addidas threatened to sue since they already had a line called 'Aztec Gold'. The Nike cofounders then decided to change the name to 'Cortez' after the general who "kicked the shit out of the Aztecs".

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