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Best* mascot (startrek.website)
submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] jawa21@startrek.website 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I believe they were referring to this:

[โ€“] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

I did a search for more information on Peter Stuyvesant and found out that there's a British cigarette called 'Peter Stuyvesant.'

The real Peter was the last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam before the English [under the Duke of York] took over. He stayed in the New World and was a popular figure in the now New York City.