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One of the best parts of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?"

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The lie detector scene. And yes, Moe did deserve the shabby treatment.

One of earliest examples of a multi-door Ferrari before the Purosangue

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This may surprise but back in the mid to late Nineties, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei requested Pininfarina and Ferrari to do three four-door sedan and seven five-door estate versions of the latter's 456 sports car for him and his brother Prince Jefri Bolkiah as in the 456 GT Saloon and the 456 GT Venice respectively. In addition to the ten cars, Pinifarina also did two convertible versions for the royals called the 456 GT Spyder.

New issue of Rolling Stone UK from May 2026

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To mark BTS' forthcoming concerts in London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as part of their world tour to promote their comeback album Arirang , Rolling Stone's British incarnation did a cover story on the South Korean boy band recently. This is actually one of the eight covers for the issue right now.

VH1 UK's sister channel that wasn't VH1 Classic

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Launched in late 2003, it was called VH2. The channel was rebranded as MTV Flux three years later before being replaced by a timeshift service of MTV One in 2008.

Westfield London is getting a theatre later this year

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Called the Capital Theatre, it will be located in what used to be the Debenhams store. The first performance will be the musical adaptation of Dirty Dancing .

Alton Towers' monorail has an interesting origin

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The monorail made by Von Roll was not actually built specifically for the British theme park. They were actually built for Expo 86 in Vancouver, Canada back in 1986 before moving to Alton Towers a year later.

The biscuit that Oreo copied

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It's Hydrox, which was introduced in 1908. While Oreo was introduced four years later.

Very warm today

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To quote Glenn Frey. And stay hydrated.

New THX trailer has arrived

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First since 2019. Titled "Spark".