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If you say "bag it up"

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You'll get something like this.

Coca-Cola's own milk brand

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While the first incarnation of this was carbonated milk, the second incarnation of Vio is flavoured milk.

James' signature song

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Two words: "Sit Down".

When Coldplay collaborated with Kylie Minogue

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It's worth knowing that this was almost a collaboration with David Bowie.

Once the third biggest-selling cola drink

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RC Cola may not be popular in the States nowadays but they're still popular in Asia, most notably in the Philippines.

Chevrolet's last European car before their 2005 relaunch in the continent

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It was a rebadged Oldsmobile Alero from the late Nineties.

Three words from me on generative AI

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No to AI.

Southside Shopping Centre looked a lot different in the Nineties

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This is what they looked like back in 1990 as the P&O Arndale Shopping Centre.

Happy 36th birthday to this particular actress

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It's none other than German-American actress Q'orianka Kilcher and here's her role rom the TNT series The Alienist .

Today is what would've been Burt Reynolds' 90th birthday

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And here's his guest appearance in The X-Files  episode "Improbable".

The Wendy's advert that started it all

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Three words: "Where's the beef?"

The Simpsons' parody of this Budweiser commercial

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The Budweiser Frogs in the episode "The Springfield Files".

Best-selling album by major label

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The major labels being Sony (Columbia, RCA, Epic and Arista), Universal (Capitol, Decca, Def Jam, EMI, Interscope, Geffen, A&M, Island, Mercury, Motown, Polydor, Republic, Verve and Virgin) and Warner (Atlantic, Elektra, Parlophone and Warner). Sony - Thriller  by Michael Jackson (Epic, 1982), 70 million Universal - The Dark Side of the Moon  by Pink Floyd (Capitol, 1973), 45 million Warner - Back in Black  by AC/DC (Atlantic, 1980), 50 million

Highest-grossing film by major studio

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The major studios being Comcast (Universal), Paramount Skydance (Paramount), Sony (Columbia and Tristar), Warner Bros. Discovery (Warner Bros. and New Line Cinemas) and Disney (Disney and 20th Century). Comcast - Jurassic World  (Universal, 2015), grossed $1.671 billion Paramount Skydance - Titanic  (Paramount, 1997), grossed $2.258 billion Sony - Spider-Man: No Way Home  (Columbia, 2021), grossed $1.922 billion Warner Bros. Discovery - Barbie  (Warner Bros., 2023), grossed $1.447 billion Disney - James Cameron's Avatar  (20th Century, 2009), grossed $2.924 billion

Nine Inch Nails' Halo numbers

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Most of Nine Inch Nails' discography are chronologically ordered with a sequential number prefixed by the word "Halo". "Down in It" (single) - September 15, 1989 Pretty Hate Machine  (studio album) - October 20, 1989 "Head Like a Hole" (single) - March 22, 1990 "Sin" (single) - October 10, 1990 Broken  (EP) - September 22, 1992 Fixed  (remix EP) - December 7, 1992 "March of the Pigs" (single) - February 25, 1994 The Downward Spiral  (studio album) - March 8, 1994 "Closer" (single) - May 1994 Further Down the Spiral  (remix album) - May 29, 1995 "The Perfect Drug" (single) - May 13, 1997 Closure  (video album) - November 25, 1997 "The Day the World Went Away" (single) - July 20, 1999 The Fragile  (studio album) - September 21, 1999 "We're in This Together" (single) - September 27, 1999 Things Falling Apart  (remix album) - November 21, 2000 And All That Could Have Been  (live/studio/video a...

Top-rated United States television networks by season

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The Big Four have topped the season, whereas others like The CW have not. NBC - 1950-1951 (one season) CBS - 1951-1961 (ten seasons) NBC - 1961-1962 (one season) CBS - 1962-1964 (two seasons) NBC - 1964-1967 (three seasons) CBS - 1967-1968 (one season) NBC - 1968-1970 (two seasons) ABC - 1970-1971 (one season) CBS - 1971-1976 (five seasons) ABC - 1976-1979 (three seasons) CBS - 1979-1984 (five seasons) ABC - 1984-1985 (one season) NBC - 1985-1991 (six seasons) CBS - 1991-1994 (three seasons) NBC - 1994-1999 (five seasons) ABC - 1999-2000 (one season) CBS - 2000-2001 (one season) NBC - 2001-2002 (one season) CBS - 2002-2005 (three seasons) Fox - 2005-2011 (six seasons) NBC - 2011-2012 (one season) CBS - 2012-2013 (one season) NBC - 2013-2015 (two seasons) CBS - 2015-2018 (three seasons) NBC - 2018-present (seven seasons to date)

Final minutes of The Chart Show

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It aired on August 22, 1998 as the show would be replaced by CD:UK  the following week on ITV.

Electric Avenue was the basis of this song by Eddy Grant

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It became a hit in 1982 and would get a remix in 2001, which also became a hit.

Doctor Who's last scene before the 1996 film

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From the season 26 finale "Survival".

Cadillac seen in The Matrix Reloaded

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It was their then-upcoming CTS sedan that Trinity drove during the freeway chase.

BP's old logo was truly a classic

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I'm of course referring to their 1989-2000 logo.

Advert for MC5 that pissed off Hudson's

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Back in spring 1969, American department store Hudson's (now part of Macy's) refused to sell the protopunk band's live album Kick Out the Jams  or any album from their record label Elektra Records, due to its profanity, so the band took out a full-page ad that ended with "F--- Hudson's", prompting the record label to drop them.

Car brand that is called DR

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It's an Italian carmaker that sells rebadged Chinese cars.

Back when McDonald's used to do pizzas

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Not making this up at all.

Faith No More's last single until 2014

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It was a cover of the Bee Gees hit "I Started a Joke".

Disneyland by country

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As represented in North America, Asia and Europe. United States (1955) - Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort Japan (1983) - Tokyo Disney Resort France (1992) - Disneyland Paris Hong Kong (2005) - Hong Kong Disneyland Resort China (2016) - Shanghai Disney Resort United Arab Emirates (upcoming) - Disneyland Abu Dhabi

UK launch dates for these streaming services

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This is to mark the forthcoming launch of HBO Max in the UK that's coming next month. All of them are still around. Crunchyroll - May 14, 2006 Amazon Prime Video - March 1, 2010 (as Lovefilm Player) Netflix - January 9, 2012 Disney+ - November 23, 2015 (as Disneylife) YouTube Premium - June 18, 2018 Discovery+ - July 31, 2018 (as QuestOD) Apple TV - November 1, 2019 Paramount+ - June 22, 2022 Tubi - July 2, 2024 HBO Max - March 26, 2026

Episode total of Super Sentai and Power Rangers

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2466 (2468 if counting JAKQ vs. Goranger  and the upcoming Gozyuger vs. Boonboomger  or counting both with the latter as three episodes) and 974 (976 if counting Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie  and  Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie  or counting "Clash of the Red Rangers" and "Once & Always" as two episodes) respectively. 1970s - 171 Super Sentai  episodes (84 Goranger  + 35 JAKQ  + 52 Battle Fever J ) 1980s - 509 Super Sentai  episodes (51 Denjiman  + 50 Sun Vulcan  + 50 Goggle V  + 51 Dynaman  + 51 Bioman  + 55 Changeman  + 50 Flashman  + 51 Maskman  + 49 Liveman  + 51 (50 regular + 1 special) Turboranger ) 1990s - 499 Super Sentai  episodes (48 Fiveman  + 51 Jetman  + 50 Zyuranger  + 50 Dairanger  + 53 Kakuranger  + 48 Ohranger  + 48 Carranger  + 51 Megaranger  + 50 Gingaman  + 50 GoGoV ) and 338  Power Rangers  episodes (1...

Selection of scenes from this episode of CSI

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The title? "Werewolves".

Three words to describe them

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Disney Villain Death.

Countries that have hosted the Olympics and FIFA World Cup

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Arguably the two most prodigious sporting events plus the Paralympics and the youth events (excluding continental, futsal and beach soccer). Europe Austria Azerbaijan Belgium England Finland France Germany/West Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Scotland Spain Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia North America Canada Costa Rica Dominican Republic Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States South America Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru Uruguay Oceania Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Asia China India Indonesia Israel Japan Jordan Malaysia Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Qatar Thailand United Arab Emirates Africa Egypt Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tunisia

The Chronicles of Narnia films

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Walden Media (2001-11), Walt Disney Pictures (2004-08), 20th Century Fox (2008-11), The Mark Gordon Company (2011-16), Tristar Pictures (2016-18), Entertainment One (2018-present) and Netflix (2018-present) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe  (2005) Prince Caspian  (2008) Voyage of the Dawn Treader  (2010) The Magician's Nephew  (2026)

What I consider to be the Big Four in Portuguese football

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Of course, it's Benfica, Porto and Sporting but also Braga.

Cheated his way to win Who Wants to Be a Millonaire

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All the way back in 2001 and it was dramatised in Quiz .

The joint venture between Paramount and Universal

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Three words: United International Pictures.

Hungry Jack's almost went with this logo

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When Burger King changed their logo in 1999, there were plans to carry over the logo to their Australian counterpart Hungry Jack's in 2000 but that never materialised likely due to BK opening restaurants in the country under their own name until being consolidated in 2003.

A&W is known for their soft drinks

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Especially their root beer and cream soda.

Overview of Teen Titans and X-Men adaptations

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Dating all the way back to the Sixties. Teen Titans The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure  (1967) - Teen Titans  segments Keebler PSA "New Teen Titans Say No to Drugs" (1984) - Anti-drug TV commercial Teen Titans  (2003-06) - Five seasons of 65 episodes + film ( Trouble in Tokyo ) Batman: The Brave and the Bold  (2010) - One episode Young Justice  (2010-13, 2019-22) - Four seasons of 98 episodes DC Nations Shorts  (2011-14) - New Teen Titans  shorts Teen Titans Go!  (2013-present) - Ongoing DC Animated Movie Universe (2016-20) - Three films Titans  (2018-23) - Four seasons of 49 episodes DC Super Hero Girls  (2020) - One episode X-Men The Marvel Super Heroes  (1966) - One episode Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends  (1982-83) - Three episodes X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men  (1989) - TV pilot X-Men: The Animated Series  (1992-97, 2023-present) - Five seasons of 76 episodes for the original run Spider-Man: The Animated Serie...

This proved to be the ninth hit from her 2007 album

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Thanks to a resurgence on Tiktok in 2025, "Breakin' Dishes" from Rihanna's 2007 album Good Girl Gone Bad that never got a full single release but a rather promo, would reach the charts during that year.

Channel 1 in the USA

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The channel number was used on broadcast television until 1948 but has been used on canle news TV networks like NY1.

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. Lead guitarist Adrian Oxaal Drummer David Baynton-Power Bassist Jim Glennie Rhythm guitarist Michael Kulas Keyboardist Mark Hunter Rhythm guitarist Saul Davies Frontman Tim Booth

So, what is a Frito pie?

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It's a Midwestern dish consisting of chili, cheese and corn chips (like Fritos). Restaurants that serve them: Sonic's Originated: Likely 1949 Inventor: Daisy Doolin, the mother of Frito Company founder Charles Elmer Doolin

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. Issue 1 (April 2003) Issue 2 (May 2003) Issue 3 (June 2003) Issue 4 (July 2003) Issue 5 (August 2003)

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 (NBC, Telemundo, Peacock and Now), Paramount (CBS, The CW and Paramount+), Columbia (Get and Crunchyroll), Warner Bros. (HBO, The CW and HBO Max), Disney (ABC and Disney) and 20th Century Studios (Fox until 2019 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.