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I wouldn't go there to get a haircut

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Just saying.

Most national team appearances in these football tournaments

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The football tournaments being the Summer Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, starting with the earliest. Summer Olympics (men's, first: 1900) - Italy and United States (15 each) FIFA World Cup (first: 1930) - Brazil (23) FIFA Women's World Cup (first: 1991) - Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden and United States (nine each) Summer Olympics (women's, first: 1996) - Brazil and United States (eight each)

Every film I saw at the cinema and reviewed last year

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Asterisk indicates film was released the year prior to the UK release. Nosferatu * (rated 15, January 4) - 4 out of 5 We Live in Time * (rated 15, January 11) - 4.5 out of 5 A Complete Unknown * (rated 15, January 18) - 5 out of 5 Wolf Man  (rated 15, January 25) - 3 out of 5 Hard Truths * (rated 12A, February 1) - 4 out of 5 Companion  (rated 15, February 8) - 4 out of 5 Dog Man  (rated U, February 15) - 3.5 out of 5 Heart Eyes  (rated 18, February 22) - 4 out of 5 I'm Still Here * (rated 15, March 1) - 5 out of 5 Mickey 17  (rated 15, March 15) - 4 out of 5 (no review on March 8 due to being in Maidenhead at the time) Black Bag  (rated 15, March 22) - 4 out of 5 Novocaine  (rated 15, March 29) - 4 out of 5 A Working Man  (rated 15, April 5) - 3 out of 5 Drop  (rated 15, April 12) - 4 out of 5 Warfare  (rated 15, April 19) - 4 out of 5 The Accountant 2  (rated 15, April 26) - 4 out of 5 Sinners  (rated 15, May 3...

Last episode of this show hosted by Fausto Silva

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Of course, I'm talking about TV Globo sow  Domingão do Faustão (now  Domingão com Huck ) as the June 6, 2021 episode was his last, while the following episode (the last overall before the start of the Luciano Huck era) was hosted by Tiago Liefert.

A surreal ad to promote a schnapps brand

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Back in 2000, Martini did this ad to promote their schnapps brand Metz called "Judderman".

Highest-grossing film per comic book publisher

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Not just DC and Marvel but also others. Marvel - Avengers: Endgame  ($2.798 billion) / Second - Avengers: Infinity War  ($2.048 billion) DC - Aquaman  ($1.152 billion) / Second - The Dark Knight Rises  ($1.114 billion) Non-American (French, Japanese etc) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle  ($781 million) / Second - The Smurfs  ($563.7 million) Dark Horse - 300  ($456.1 million) / Second - The Mask  ($351.6 million) Viz -  Edge of Tomorrow  ($381 million) / Second - N/A Image - Wanted  ($341.4 million) / Second - Spawn  ($87.8 million) Harvey - Casper  ($287.9 million) / Second - Richie Rich  ($38.1 million) IDW - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)  ($191.2 million) / Second - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem  ($118.4 million) Boom - 2 Guns  ($132 million) / Second - The Empty Man  ($4.8 million) Oni - Atomic Blonde  ($100 million) / Second - Scott Pilgrim...

Most titles per North American sports league

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Four major and two mini-major. Major League Baseball (MLB) - New York Yankees (27) / Second-most - St. Louis Cardinals (11) National Hockey League (NHL) - Montreal Canadiens (25) / Second-most - Toronto Maple Leafs (13) National Basketball Association (NBA) - Boston Celtics (18) / Second-most - Los Angeles Lakers (17) National Football League (NFL) - Green Bay Packers (13) / Second-most - Chicago Bears (9) Canadian Football League (CFL) - Edmonton Elks (11) / Second-most - Toronto Argonauts and Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9 each) Major League Soccer (MLS) - Los Angeles Galaxy (6) / Second-most - D.C. United (4)

Stuff of legend

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Just in time for this year's World Cup. Featuring Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Vinícius Júnior

Coca-Cola's first dairy product

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This was a joint project with Nestlé called Choglit, which was a chocolate beverage introduced in 2002 but never took off before it was discontinued a year later. Coca-Cola didn't give up on dairy-based beverages as they would launch Swerve not long after, though that didn't last long, discontinuing in 2005.