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There used to be a Mexican mobile network called Nipper

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And its mascot was a female snake with a human head. Yes, really.

The car that briefly revived Bugatti and later put them into another collapse

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If you're wondering, I'm talking about the Bugatti EB 110, which marked the return of the French car marque in 1991, 29 years after their initial dissolution in 1962. Despite much anticipation, it didn't sell well with around 150 made before the company collapsed in 1995. Bugatti would later be acquired by Volkswagen in 1998, which resulted in the launch of the Veyron in 2005.

This should have been a Super Bowl ad

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Yep, it's last year's Lays commercial with Keegan-Michael Key and Carrie-Anne Moss.

Quite like this song by the Saturdays

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As in "All Fired Up" from 2011.

Five words from this clip from Malcolm in the Middle

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"Do you think we're wealthy?"

Interesting fact about James' 2001 album Pleased to Meet You

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The guy in the album cover is actually a composite of all of the band's members.

So, what is a Frito pie?

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It's a Midwestern dish consisting of chili, cheese and corn chips (like Fritos).

ThunderCats under Wildstorm was quite dark

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Yes, the second comic book sequel to the Eighties animated series titled ThunderCats: The Return  really pushed it by having the Wily twins being enslaved by Mumm-Ra and no, I won't post the panel here.

When there was this promo to promote the then-new DVD format in 1999

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Three words: "This is DVD".

Main TV channels and streaming services of the major film studios

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When talking about major film studios, I'm talking about Universal, Paramount, Columbia, Warner Bros., Disney and 20th Century Studios. Universal - NBC (also owns Spanish language Telemundo) and Peacock (also owns Now) Paramount - CBS (owns 12.5% of The CW) and Paramount+ Columbia - Get and Crunchyroll Warner Bros. - HBO (owns 12.5% of The CW) and HBO Max Disney - ABC and Disney+ 20th Century Studios - Fox (pre-Disney acquisition) and Tubi (spiritual equivalent)

The first Wendy's commercial

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With this slogan "Where's the beef?"

Last music video played by MTV Music

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Bookending an era from the original MTV from 1981.

Returning sometime this year

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Yep, Blue Eye Samurai 's returning with a second season.

Most championship wins from the big four leagues

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The four being the Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL), the National Football League (NFL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). MLB - New York Yankees with 27 titles (1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009) NHL - Montreal Canadiens with 25 titles (1918-19, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1943-44, 1945-46, 1952-53, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1985-86 and 1992-93) NFL - Green Bay Packers with 13 titles (1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1939, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1996-97 and 2010-11) NBA - Boston Celtics with 18 titles (1956-57, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1985-86, 2007-08 and 2023-24)

Get Smart broadcasting history

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It is in fact one of the few shows to have aired on all Big Four television networks. NBC - Season 1 to 4 (September 18, 1965 to March 29, 1969 - episode 1-112) CBS - Season 5 (September 26, 1969 to May 15, 1970 - episode 113-138) ABC - Get Smart, Again!  (February 26, 1989 - TV film) Fox - Get Smart '95  (January 8 to February 19, 1995 - episode 1-7)

The X-Files by year

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Includes sister show Millennium  and spin-off The Lone Gunmen . 1993 - Episode 1-12 (season 1) 1994 - Episode 13-24 (season 1) and 25-35 (season 2) 1995 - Episode 36-49 (season 2) and 50-60 (season 3) 1996 - Episode 61-73 (season 3) and 74-83 (season 4) /  Millennium  episode 1-8 (season 1) 1997 - Episode 84-97 (season 4) and 98-104 (season 5) /  Millennium  episode 9-22 (season 1) and 23-32 (season 2) 1998 - Episode 99-117 (season 5), Fight the Future  and 118-123 (season 6) / Millennium  episode 33-45 (season 2) and 46-54 (season 3) 1999 - Episode 118-139 (season 6) and 140-145 (season 7) / Millennium  episode 55-67 (season 3) 2000 - Episode 146-161 (season 7) and 162-168 (season 8) 2001 - Episode 169-182 (season 8) and 183-187 (season 9) / The Lone Gunmen  episode 1-13 (season 1) 2002 - Episode 188-202 (season 9) 2008 - I Want to Believe 2016 - Episode 203-208 (season 10) 2018 - Episode 209-218 (season 11) Total - 298 episodes and two film...

Last KFC ad with Colonel Sanders

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This ad aired months before his death in December 1980.

Sega Dreamcast's launch ad in North America

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Two words: "The Thief".

Founding members of these eight superhero teams in question

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The eight being the Teen Titans and the X-Men as well as their first three spinoff teams that had their own comic book series. Teen Titans Richard "Dick" Grayson / Robin Wallace "Wally" West / Kid Flash Garth / Aqualad Donna Troy / Wonder Girl Roy Harper / Speedy Lilith Clay / Lilith Raven (NTT incarnation) Garfield "Gar" Logan / Changeling (NTT incarnation) Victor "Vic" Stone / Cyborg (NTT incarnation) Koriand'r / Starfire (NTT incarnation) X-Men Charles Xavier / Professor X Scott Summers / Cyclops Robert "Bobby" Drake / Iceman Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast Warren Worthington III / Angel Jean Grey / Marvel Girl Lorna Dane / Polaris (ANAD incarnation) Alexander "Alex" Summers / Havok (ANAD incarnation) Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler (ANAD incarnation) James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine (ANAD incarnation) Sean Cassidy / Banshee (ANAD incarnation) Ororo Munroe / Storm (ANAD incarnation) Shiro Yoshida / Sunfire (A...

Current brands from the four major American automakers

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Referring to Ford, General Motors, Stellantis and Tesla. Ford Ford Ghia Lincoln General Motors Buick Cadillac Chevrolet GMC Stellantis Abarth Alfa Romeo Chrysler Citroen Dodge DS Fiat Jeep Lancia Maserati Opel Ram Trucks Vauxhall Tesla Tesla

This film is directed by the same guy who directed The Lawnmower Man

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The film in question is the 1995 film Virtuosity .

Outkast's last major hit

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It was their 2004 single "Roses".

This show was once unavailable on streaming

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Cold Case  was unavailable on streaming and home media until the early 2020s due to its usage of hit songs.

Before HBO Max, there was In2TV

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It launched in 2006, 14 years before the streaming service.

First Taco Bell in the UK during their current era

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It wasn't in London but in Lakeside Shopping Centre, where it opened in 2010.

There was almost a Michael Jackson/Madonna duet

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Yep, it was "In the Closet" but due to a lot of reasons, Jackson opted to go with Stephanie of Monaco doing the featured vocals.

James Cameron's only TV series he has created

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It's none other than the Fox series Dark Angel .

The one major tokusatsu

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One word: Garo , though the closest have been English dubs of their anime spinoffs.

David Duchovny did this advert back in 1997

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It was for Ford Mondeo and yes, there is an X-Files  feel to it.

On this day 106 years ago

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American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov was born.

Notable major TV channels from the six Anglosphere countries

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The countries being the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. United Kingdom (eight) BBC One - 1936 ITV1 - 1955 BBC Two - 1964 Sky Max - 1982 S4C - 1982 (Welsh) Channel 4 - 1982 5 - 1997 BBC Alba - 2008 (Scottish Gaelic) United States (nine) NBC (National Broadcasting Company) - 1939 (1926) CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) - 1941 (1927) ABC (American Broadcasting Company) - 1948 (1943) PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) - 1954 (1952) Univision - 1962 (Spanish) Telemundo - 1984 (Spanish) Fox (Fox Broadcasting Company) - 1986 The CW (The CW Television Network) - 2006 Estrella TV - 2009 (Spanish) Canada (seven) CBC Television - 1952 Ici Radio-Canada Tele - 1952 (French) CTV Television Network - 1961 TVA - 1971 (French) Citytv - 1972 Global Television Network - 1974 APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) - 1992 Australia (six) Nine Network - 1956 Seven Network - 1956 ABC TV - 1956 Network 10 - 1964 SBS - 1980 Fox8 - 1995 New Zealand (eight) T...

Every Super Sentai and Power Rangers entry before hiatus

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By hiatus, it's the one that began in 2023 for Power Rangers  and 2026 for Super Sentai  outside television. Mainline entry only. Super Sentai Goranger  (1975-77) JAKQ  (1977) JAKQ vs. Goranger  (1978) Battle Fever J  (1979-80) Denjiman  (1980-81) Sun Vulcan  (1981-82) Goggle-V  (1982-83) Dynaman  (1983-84) Bioman  (1984-85) Changeman  (1985-86) Flashman  (1986-87) Maskman  (1987-88) Liveman  (1988-89) Turboranger  (1989-90) Fiveman  (1990-91) Jetman  (1991-92) Zyuranger  (1992-93) Dairanger  (1993-94) Kakuranger  (1994-95) Ohranger  (1995-96) Carranger  (1996-97) Megaranger  (1997-98) Gingaman  (1998-99) GoGoV  (1999-00) Timeranger  (2000-01) Gaoranger  (2001-02) Hurricaneger  (2002-03) Abaranger  (2003-04) Dekaranger  (2004-05) Magiranger  (2005-06) Boukenger  (2006-07) Gekiranger  (2007-08) Go-onger  (2008-09) S...

Fun fact: Bob Dylan co-wrote this song

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The song? "Steel Bars" by Michael Bolton.

The signature scream from Home Alone

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Not afraid or are you?

Porky Pig's line to end Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes shorts

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"That's all folks".

Still among the best Super Bowl halftime shows of all time

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Of course, I'm talking about Prince.

Led Zeppelin IV's CD release had this

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The "red target" CD.

O2's original name

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Two words: BT Cellnet.

Over ten months until this comes out

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As in Grand Theft Auto VI  (expected for a November 19 release).

Welcome to the year 2026

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Three words.