Elon Musk and Grimes gave their baby an unusual name with multiple hidden meanings, and it may have a hidden connection to the X-Men (TSLA)

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and the musician Grimes have given their new baby an unusual name full of hidden meaning, and it may have been inspired in part by X-Men comics. 
The name, which Musk and Grimes say is spelled X Æ A-12, is pronounced X Ash Archangel, according to Musk. Archangel is the internal codename for the A-12, a US Central Intelligence Agency plane built during the Cold War.  
The A-12 was the precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird, which Musk and Grimes say is their favorite aircraft. “No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent,” Grimes said in her tweet explaining the name.
The Blackbird is nearly identical to the X-Jet, the plane used by the X-Men. Both planes can fly at supersonic speeds and have technology to make them nearly undetectable. 
Both Musk and Grimes are comic book fans. Grimes has placed comic book references in her songs and X-Men references in her music videos, and Musk’s Tesla factory in California named all its robots after X-Men characters.
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The name Elon Musk and Grimes chose for their new baby has caused both confusion and a whole lot of memes, but we may know a least one source of inspiration behind the unusual name: the X-Men.

The baby’s name, which the Tesla and SpaceX CEO tweeted earlier this week is X Æ A-12 Musk, doesn’t make much sense on the surface, especially when you consider that California state law doesn’t allow for special characters, numbers, or “inappropriate” hyphenation on birth certificates.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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