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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.