  A paper of Thomas Young (1773-1829) on the behavior of streams of air makes a
good starting point for discussing the not always fair, sometimes
serendipitous, association of a physical phenomenon with its discoverer. In a
didactic context, the introduction of historic anecdotes and the particular
details of a scientific discovery represent an effective tool for establishing
interdisciplinary connections that may help in the learning process and may
unveil unexpected insights in the disposition of a scientist. We discuss a
small part of a famous paper by Young on sound and light. We show that the
proverbial intuition of this famous polymath, applied to complex fluid dynamic
phenomena, may lead to the discussion of the Coand\u{a} effect, the physical
origin of lift, and the behavior of streams of air, as well as weave an
interesting interplay of several crucial names in the history of aerodynamics.
